New Zealand is the same. Police are not routinely equipped with firearms, shootings are very rare, but they shoot for the biggest target (the body) and I'm ver

New Zealand is the same. Police are not routinely equipped with firearms, shootings are very rare, but they shoot for the biggest target (the body) and I'm very comfortable with the policy. The important point is that they don't shoot at people very often. The idea that the police would e.g. shoot a running, unarmed suspect, or follow you (in a car) to your home and shoot you through the window is the stuff of a dystopian nightmare.