Should the police be armed?

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CloudWalker replied

6 August 2014, 15:44
Police Officer with Tazzer = Yes
Armed Responce with MP5 = Yes
PCSO with Gun ! = F**k NO!
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d000hg replied

6 August 2014, 15:38
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

How has this happened so quietly? Surely it's a big change to our society that we now routinely have armed police, so I would have expected this to be something that would be debated in parliament and discussed ad nauseam on the telly. Yet it seems it's snuk in with barely a whisper.

Maybe they were previously allowed to, but didn't choose to exercise that power?
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Old Greg replied

6 August 2014, 15:22
It's only in Scotland, so presumably it's in preparation for the civil unrest following rUK's imposition of a Buckfast embargo.
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VectraMan replied

6 August 2014, 15:07
How has this happened so quietly? Surely it's a big change to our society that we now routinely have armed police, so I would have expected this to be something that would be debated in parliament and discussed ad nauseam on the telly. Yet it seems it's snuk in with barely a whisper.
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MicrosoftBob replied

6 August 2014, 14:58
I wouldn't trust them not to abuse their powers, add guns to the mix and it's a bit scary
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