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Originally Posted by Igottago
Maybe its yet another negative byproduct of gun culture (obviously more in the US than Canada). Cops know anyone they deal with could be carrying, while in Europe the probability of a civilian with a gun is way lower. Police in the US must be really paranoid even at routine traffic stops.
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I'd think they have to be, even in Canada... there's more than 30 guns per 100 residents here, so I'd be inclined to act similarly. Most people don't have interactions with police often, so if an officer is approaching a car it probably isn't surprising that you can't see the person's hands - they might be digging through their car looking for their registration, or they might have a weapon. Better to be prepared for the worst, seems to me.