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America has always had that many guns, but the police weren't always militarized. In addition, the amount of crime and number of police killed in the line of d
by cobrausn 13y ago
America has always had that many guns, but the police weren't always militarized. In addition, the amount of crime and number of police killed in the line of duty has steadily decreased over the years.
The devil's advocate in me wonders if the number of police killed is reduced because of the heavy use of SWAT whenever they think there might be any threat to an officer in a raid.
- bicknergseng 13y agoAmerica hasn't always had as many guns as it has now, nor the population density. Emphasis on population density and urbanification.
- cobrausn 13y agoIn regards to the first point, yes, there are more guns. I don't think the percentage of the population that owns 1 or more firearms has increased significantly.