Tory government is not willing to admit that constant cuts have been detrimental to public security

That's just it, it's a wave. These things happen. No need for everyone to lose their heads. Increase the number of pigs on the streets for a few months and give some ppl some proper hard centance. It'll soon die down.

So they are looking for scapegoat issue

Like kitchen knives

Actually i have read interesting piece on that

Apparently this all started thanks to immigration

The old british born gangs would just rough each other up

This is what happens when you use bandaid solutions that only punish law abiding citizens

But then ppl from africa came from countries where conflicts are solved with killings

And they started doing same things in gb

Which the rest of gangsters copied

Because they could not look weak

@Poppy Rider when your police don't have guns, you need like 8 officers for one knife wielding person. And still probably need to call in the special team with guns.

@Grenade123 they get the person alive most of the time thanks to this

also we stil lhave armed response teams 😛

@Grenade123 I do not want our cops armed as normal uniform. You don't need a gun you just need to know that you are not going to get sued for smashing someone round to head.

@wacka did I note mention that?

have you seen police at heathrow... they carry automatic rifles

Honestly in my experience the met cops were corteous and very professional ppl

The problem is they are understaffed

Stupid Yanks see that video of that bloke on the bike with a knife smashing the car window and say 'see, this is why you need guns.' completely missing the point that the bloke on the bike would of had a gun as well and just shot through the window.

And doing stupid bulshit like monitoring twitter

Yeah, cant go after rapists, lets arrest this guy for insulting someone

@zutt yes, very good. Meanwhile 8 other people got stabbed because your force is over worked, you now have one more person who was just hell bent on killing people taking of tax payer money in a cell. And if I call the police they may not respond because of all the other knife wielding people.... Which could be like 4 taking up a whole police force. When a tazer and a gun limits that down to just 2 officers per incident. And the first officer to respond can at least contain the situation.

Also, dont they have grenades in Sweden?

I heard grenade attacks happen there as well

Although the level of gun training most us cops get is way too pathetic.

Actually, there is an argument there as well

Granade except that their response times are ok

That since the average person is possibly armed, they are jumpier

When called they show up quickly

They are thaught to see people as potential criminals

i'v got no problem with pepper spray and tazers but I don't want cops carrying guns on the regula.

And well.. THe media isnt helping either showing them as racist in the US.

Then maybe solve the issue that made it a nessesity

No one wants to walk down the street surrounded by men in blue with mp5s.

Though I might be wired wrong... It only makes me want to take pictures

Anyway this current crime wave will not be solved by officiers carriing guns

You nead whole complex approach

Its the simplest really. Hope the potential criminals are rational enough to know that that TV in there is not worth 3 rounds in the chest

When the cops are armed to gangs have to keep up.