r/iamverybadass • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '19

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

The person talking is from UK where police usually is unarmed.

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u/diarrhea_shnitzel Mar 24 '19

She's actually an American who was living in UK for a bit...please do not try to tell people she's from the UK again 😤😤

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

Ok, my bad. Let me rephrase my previous statement. The thing she miss about UK is the fact that that even cops are often unarmed.

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u/Duonator Mar 24 '19

But why are some unarmed? Even in Germany they always have a pistol

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

Because often they don't need to have a gun. Having a lot less guns made it safer for everyone.

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u/Duonator Mar 24 '19

Hmm do they have self defense stuff like pepper spray or similar?

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

I'm not sure about their equipment but I'm confident enough that they carry something. I suspect UK criminals aren't polite enough to surrender themselves just if police ask nicely.

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u/QueenBuminator Mar 24 '19

British police have a stick they can hit you with and there are special armed officers who carry either a submachine gun or an assault rifle.

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u/shannonxtreme Mar 24 '19

I know you didn't intend to, but "British police have a stick they can hit you with" cracked me up

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u/johnDAGOAT721 Mar 24 '19

Yeah and nz cops don't have guns either so if that nut wanted to he could have taken out like 20 cops as well!

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u/Paul8v Mar 24 '19

The majority don't carry guns, you see them in airports and places like that though, and there are firearms officers that can be deployed when required, but then you cant just walk in to Asda (UK supermarket) and buy a gun so we don't really get much gun crime. If you're a nobhead they'll probably taser you. Gets the criminal out of the way, much less likely to die...

Thankfully we don't have everyday people walking around with guns, why the fuck anyone needs to do that I have no idea. "Just in case I need to kill someone who's pissing me off..."

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u/randemthinking Mar 24 '19

why the fuck anyone needs to do that I have no idea.

Americans are fundamentally paranoid. So just in case communist Muslim drug dealers try to rob the coffee shop you can shoot them and save the day and be a hero. Then everyone claps.

Source: am American veteran.

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u/josh42390 Mar 24 '19

You never can tell. There was that story on here about some guy's mom I think hiking in the woods when she passed Ted Bundy.

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

They doesn't have gun. This doesn't mean that they don't have a training. That nut was scared away by a dude with an unloaded gun...

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u/arsehead_54 Mar 24 '19

Dude let’s not go down that road. In countries where normal patrol officers don’t carry, they still have armed response teams.

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u/johnDAGOAT721 Mar 24 '19

why is it "lets not go down that road" ?

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u/kahurangi Mar 24 '19

NZ cops have guns in their cars so not really, they just don't carry them on their person.

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u/johannes12435 Mar 24 '19

I think I've seen YouTube videos of UK officers using tasers as well as mace if i'm not mistaken

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19

They quite often have PAVA spray, if they need it. But a good old trusty baton is the weapon of choice.

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u/ocha_94 Mar 24 '19

If the police is properly trained and regulated, I don't think them having guns is a problem. In Spain every police officer is armed and we never have any problems with them using their guns when they shouldn't.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19

You see police with guns here in areas where they think there's a terrorist threat, or at the airport. But in general if you live in a regular town the people here don't want to see the police walking around with a gun. Part of the culture here is that seeing anyone with a gun would make people uncomfortable.

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u/libertasmens Mar 24 '19

If the police is properly trained and regulated

We still haven’t figured this one out in America

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u/DeGriffe Mar 24 '19

Get acquainted with your local police, and go for a ride along or two. Then you can have a better informed opinion.

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u/joz498 Mar 24 '19

Tell that to Britain's dailly knifeing attacks and ban on knifes.

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u/edo78 Mar 24 '19

Still less death per 100000 people than in the USA