Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoCountries where the police are unarmedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI’m a bit confused by the map because in the UK our officers usually carry a baton, spray or in some cases a tazer. They’re absolutely not unarmed. Most don’t carry a gun, but I’d also imagine the vast majority of the time they’re not dealing with criminals with guns.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoThat’s because we have gun control, which I’m told apparently doesn’t work. Americans are often baffled to know that if you’ve got a good enough reason to have a gun in the UK, you can have one. We just don’t dole them out like they’re laptops
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoDo you… give out laptops? Is that in the Magna Carta or something?
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI mean we have our own problems—if you want to sign up to a predatory loan, sure you can have a laptop
minus-squareJaderick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoYou’re told that by people who cite their own stupidity for the argument.
minus-squareVaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoNorthern Irish police all carry handguns. The UK wide approach doesn’t exist.
I’m a bit confused by the map because in the UK our officers usually carry a baton, spray or in some cases a tazer. They’re absolutely not unarmed.
Most don’t carry a gun, but I’d also imagine the vast majority of the time they’re not dealing with criminals with guns.
That’s because we have gun control, which I’m told apparently doesn’t work.
Americans are often baffled to know that if you’ve got a good enough reason to have a gun in the UK, you can have one. We just don’t dole them out like they’re laptops
Do you… give out laptops? Is that in the Magna Carta or something?
I mean we have our own problems—if you want to sign up to a predatory loan, sure you can have a laptop
You’re told that by people who cite their own stupidity for the argument.
Northern Irish police all carry handguns. The UK wide approach doesn’t exist.