Should we arm all UK police with guns?

[NotAllThere]

My bad.

Indeed. And not the first time.

[Old Greg]

Maybe they won't get their 72 virgins if they're martyred by a women. What does their misogyny manual say about that?

72 sledge merchants.

[SueEllen]

Maybe they won't get their 72 virgins if they're martyred by a women. What does their misogyny manual say about that?

Apparently they don't.

Which is why in Syria they are scared of Kurdish women fighters.

[VectraMan]

Guns are so archaic, got to be better solutions in modern or upcoming technology.

Something like a human EMP that puts everyone within a certain distance to sleep. Deployed by EMP proof drone.

A Neutron Bomb?

[Old Greg]

NLUK?

FTFY

[Hobosapien]

Apparently they don't.

Which is why in Syria they are scared of Kurdish women fighters.

Fantastic.

Maybe the opposition to ISIS should change their army uniforms for niqab/burkas. It would all be over in days.

[Hobosapien]

A Neutron Bomb?

Too indiscriminate, may as well let the perp blow the place up.

Drones with tazers or newer wider area tech is the way forward. They can be on guard everywhere a lot easier than armed law enforcers. Just hope they get the AI right if not letting CCTV operators control them in public areas.

[LondonManc]

Guns are so archaic, got to be better solutions in modern or upcoming technology.

Something like a human EMP that puts everyone within a certain distance to sleep. Deployed by EMP proof drone.

Send them a link to sascretin's posts.

[shaunbhoy]

Send them a link to sascretin's posts.

Wouldn't work. You'd have legions of lawyers converging on you with Human Rights Abuses cases coming out of their ears!
No amount of fresh plump Virgins would be enough to endure even a tiny fraction of his tedious gibberish!

[Bee]

You are making the assumption that the Police want to be armed. The vast majority don't. My youngest brother is a Copper and has been a firearms Officer.

Being able to deal with an armed individual intent on killing civilians depends on having an armed response at the scene when they fire the first shot. Thats unlikely to happen given the numbers of Police we actually have. Reports of gunfire will generate an armed response from the Police who will generally get there just as quickly as their unarmed colleagues.

Having armed police on the streets in Germany didn't stop the latest nutter, nor did it make a difference in France with the Charlie Hebdo shootings or the Bataclan theatre shootings.

They can hide the gun in their briefs.
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