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.

Hence why the common person must be armed

no, of course not. but banning knives doesn't solve it either

Most of those gangs are operating on selling drugs

Well, like the prohibition era when you could sell most firearms but not alcohol

Guess who could actually afford firearms?

Either cops or the Mafia

So legalize drugs somehow?

I mean that was a suggestion, worked with alcohol;

Or more like, banning alcohol didnt work

but i don't like a policy that means you need almost more officers than citizens, and the citizens are not allowed to then have the means to protect themselves from that force.

you have made citizens effectively prisoners.

Well you know how it goes, carry a gun, cause its easier than carrying a cop

not to mention police only show up AFTER a crime has been committed, maybe during if they are fast enough.

Stop and search needs to come back. I don't care if ppl shout racist. I'm white, I've been stopped countless times. Often with stuff on me that is illegal. Talk to the cops, explain or lie and they are good ppl. but if you can't explain your self, jail time or if you are a migrant, deportation.

Until there is 0 crime, people will have to rely on themselves first and formost

Illegal migrant?

Well that is just cause for deportation right?

legal or illegal. Out you go.

Legal? On what grounds then/

Breaking their terms of stay?