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UK officers to be surveyed for first time since 2006 on whether they want to routinely carry a firearm on patrol
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...to-carry-a-gun
To any police officers on this board... please, please, please, for the good of the country and for the lives of future innocent victims, please say no to this.
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi
Its not the guns that are the problem, its the rappers
#BlackLivesMatter
why would they say no? if i got the choice to take guns to work i would be right ****ing there
They're carrying them.
A met Officer i know, ( camped with him this week as it happens ), said they had a survey of Met officers ( run by the federation ?? ) and more than 50% said yes to more armed officers and a higher % than that to all carry tazers
a quick google brings this story, so i guess it was common knowledge
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...s-union-survey
this was before the recent attacks
I used to play rugby with a few met officers, I wouldn't have trusted the ones I knew with a peashooter.
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Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi
I think that today, with the internet, many of us read many, many different newspapers and news outlets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watcliff
Out of interest is there anything you don't mind people doing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Watcliff
He doesn't like people starting threads on mesageboards. In fact he doesn't seem to like messageboards. Not sure why he loiters here!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R
And thats why its a no from meQuote:
Originally Posted by kingbillyboy
Right after you'd taken drugs and had a wank with your mates?Quote:
Originally Posted by kingbillyboy
Can't say there's much chance of anyone letting you anywhere near a gun tbh.
Will be a sad day in my opinion if the police are armed which i think will eventually happen in this country.
:hehe: Doubt he will reply to me, he never used to on his old account either. :fishing:Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
Indeed!Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Sadly the ones who would say no are the ones you would trust with a gun and the ones who say yes are definitely not the kind of officers you'd want playing sheriff with loaded firearms
nail, head :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
Ask any politician and they'll tell you it's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluethrough
*evil laughs* bang bang bang!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluethrough
I'm pretty sure that's enough to get you put on some sort of register at GCHQ.Quote:
Originally Posted by adz-a32
Who can you trust these days?
Mate
The problem with carrying a firearm is that there is always a danger someone will take it off you and use it on you.
similarly if you draw a firearm and don't use it the same thing is likely to happen.
If you carry one openly you have the problem that you have to protect it, and believe me that can be a problem.
Most of the shooting incidents are robberies (Where the 'shooter, normal a sawn-off shot gun is used to frighten the robbed into obedience and to deter would-be heros) are black-on-black. Despite sensational journalism the times that the average police office would need to pull a firearm he could probably count on the fingers of 1 hand.
The balance between having to carry it round all the time, being responsible for the ammunition, cleaning it, doing firing practice on what would otherwise be your rest day, and the possibility of actually using it, would probably weigh in favour of the average sensible person saying 'no thanks'.
Remember it is not in the policeman's possession to defend himself against the ordinary stroppy drunk or for a fight in a pub. His orders would almost certainly say that he can only draw and use it to counter a threat from someone already in possession of and threatening to use a firearm. The rest of the time it's like walking around with a 2 lb bag of sugar hanging on your belt in addition to all the other shit you have to carry. Try it, it is hard work after a while and can affect your stance for years after.
They cannot be trusted to use the taser guns properly let alone a proper gun.
Lets be honest the police have no authority these days and its all down to the PC Brigade. Back in the day you had to be a certain size to get in the police, and they could be intimidating. Now its more about making the police force look like a United Colours of Benneton advert instead of employing the correct person for the job.
That woman copper who got done for using a taser on a suspect, who wasnt even behaving in a threatening manner, the other day just about sums up the jokers weve got in the police force.
There's a cost element to this as well, 120,000 officers with a gun costing best part of a grand a pop, plus ammo, plus training, admin etc. Personally I'd rather invest that money in a more bobbies in the beat.
He was there wasn't he? :hehe: just the presence of a man is threatening to some of these crazy feminist types, some of them would happily taser you for manspreading on the bus, they should be seriously questioning who they put in charge of these things.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
The world has moved on with using violence indiscriminately, drugs / alchol violence , gun ,knife use , now acid crime ,and not forgetting terrorism , all have moved to another level of violence , therefore protection should move in tandem to another level .
I would allow tazer use for everyone in a front line job that faces risk even PCSO,s , Paramedics ,A and E security staff (hard to believe we have security personal at Hospitals, that's how low society has dipped ).
Yep arm em and shoot em.
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Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R
In her defence he was black
Croesy Blue didn't know which side to take.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Their own race relations officer wasn't he?Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
It's ok he has split personalities so they took one side eachQuote:
Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi
Yes :facepalm:Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
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Originally Posted by J R Hartley
I seen it in a documentary on BBC 2Quote:
Originally Posted by bluethrough
They cannot be trusted to use the taser guns properly let alone a proper gun. Lets be honest the police have no authority these days and its all...
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Originally Posted by Mrs Steve R
They hate us then claim that gender is a non thing.
Yeah, I said the same myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesuedeshoes
Great minds :ayatollah: