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Mik Dickinson · 06-12-2003, 10:05

[quote author=Tealeaf link=board=general;num=1070642224;start=0#7 date=12/05/03 at 17:35:36]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.[/quote]
Here here Tealeaf agree on all terms

06-12-2003, 10:05	#10
Mik Dickinson Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,276 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 47	Re: Armed Police [quote author=Tealeaf link=board=general;num=1070642224;start=0#7 date=12/05/03 at 17:35:36]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.[/quote] Here here Tealeaf agree on all terms __________________ BigMikDick from krautland