Arm our officers

[Charlie]

I'm with the colonel on this one ,I hope I never see the day when our police are armed.
I also don't think that the majority of current officers would even want to be armed, but I think if they were then the next breed of police would be a far power hungry bunch than they are now.
Also where do you draw the line? Would you want armed police at the football? Chelsea v Milwall, potential for trouble, potential for officers to be injured carrying out their duty, would you want them armed to keep any hoolies in line?

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

I'm with the colonel on this one ,I hope I never see the day when our police are armed.
I also don't think that the majority of current officers would even want to be armed, but I think if they were then the next breed of police would be a far power hungry bunch than they are now.
Also where do you draw the line? Would you want armed police at the football? Chelsea v Milwall, potential for trouble, potential for officers to be injured carrying out their duty, would you want them armed to keep any hoolies in line?

I also wonder how the OP feels about giving guns to the Muslim members of our police force? What about the members of the force with a history of violence and anger issues?

Are we also going to pretend that corruption doesn't exist in the police force and that none of these guns would end up in the wrong hands?

It's just such a terrible idea and I hope it doesn't gain some sort of traction in the heat of the moment because I wouldn't be surprised if our government started to push for it.

[NYCBlue]

So because of an isolated incident in London, which was dealt with by trained, armed personnel, the whole of the UK police force should be armed?

A poor argument and a terrible idea.