Zapados@sh.itjust.works to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 15 days agoOfficers call for Police Scotland cars to be equipped with gunswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 days agoBecause police kill people every fucking day by mistake. Many countries do not arm police, they have highly trained squads with guns they call, and those guys don’t spray bullets when they are nervous.
minus-squareChippys_mittens@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·15 days agoSo if you’d trust highly trained people with guns why not highly train the police force? In more than just firearms too.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·15 days agoMore guns = more shootings. It’s pretty fucking obvious.
minus-squareChippys_mittens@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days ago“In more than just firearms too…”
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 days agoBecause then you either have a tiny police force or you lower standards for gun discipline.
Because police kill people every fucking day by mistake. Many countries do not arm police, they have highly trained squads with guns they call, and those guys don’t spray bullets when they are nervous.
So if you’d trust highly trained people with guns why not highly train the police force? In more than just firearms too.
More guns = more shootings. It’s pretty fucking obvious.
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“In more than just firearms too…”
Because then you either have a tiny police force or you lower standards for gun discipline.