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Tealeaf · 05-12-2003, 15:35

It's not the arming of police that is the problem - it's the gun culture and  toleration of a level of violence. If you look at Switzerland, every able-bodied man between 18-55 has to carry a military small-arm at home......yet what is their gun crime? Practically zero. Similarily with Israel - when you take the terrorists out the equation.

I can't think of many other countries that have unarmed cops as the norm, as we have; but we are no longer the country with the lowest level of firearm crime - far from it. Of all the western countries, however, we now have the highest level of non-gun violent crime and the highest level of crime against property...so maybe there is an argument for armed police, after all.

05-12-2003, 15:35	#8
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Armed Police It's not the arming of police that is the problem - it's the gun culture and  toleration of a level of violence. If you look at Switzerland, every able-bodied man between 18-55 has to carry a military small-arm at home......yet what is their gun crime? Practically zero. Similarily with Israel - when you take the terrorists out the equation. I can't think of many other countries that have unarmed cops as the norm, as we have; but we are no longer the country with the lowest level of firearm crime - far from it. Of all the western countries, however, we now have the highest level of non-gun violent crime and the highest level of crime against property...so maybe there is an argument for armed police, after all.