Quote Originally Posted by merl View Post
many of the police in GB have....

Wouldn't expect it here any more than I'd expect you or I to turn em in.

Actually the reverse would be true ...

Traditionally bobby's in the UK carried nothing more then a pair of cuffs and a truncheon (aka baton).

More and more they re being armed with Guns ( tho they still tend to be smaller units with the real guns .. almost SWAT team style). Many ( tho not all ) are now being armed with Tasers I was watching a UK TV show the other day "Traffic Cops" the officers have to fill out 3 pages of paper work for " red dotting" someone with their taser... just for pointing it at a citizen they have 3 pages of paper work ... AMAZING..

Tho I do not have a link .. gun crime is up around 92% in the last 10 years in the UK ... their gun ban is working out REAL well ...