It wouldn't have made any difference to this case, they were lured into a location and ambushed with grenades, even had they been armed they'd still have been killed.
Given that Britain's supposedly specialist trained firearms officers have a rather poor record when it comes to shooting the right people and not panicking in stressful situations the prospect of giving all police officers firearms is frankly terrifying.
As for the death penalty, giving the government the right to execute people is not the behaviour of any sane populace.
Is it time for British bobbies to be routinely armed?
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Re: Is it time for British bobbies to be routinely armed?
by OGPhilly » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:45 pm
Not the point. Would have been on burried in some blurb article in the paper if a plumber walked in and startled him. Instead front page with the mayor vowing to get revenge on the COP KILLER.
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