The philosophy behind the police not having guns in the UK is interesting, the police there do not want guns, it is felt giving a policeman a gun does two things, it changes the way he or she responds to a situation, tends to make them more reckless and prone to making fast decisions based on the sense of security the weapon gives them but it also changes how the criminal responds, if a policeman doesn't have a gun the police in the UK think there is less reason for them to be shot at, that by making the police less of a mortal threat it reduces the chances of the criminal escalating the violence towards the policeman.
Whether that is true I don't know
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