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Originally Posted by Derek
It doesn't change the fact that *if* there was something remotely resembling the Mumbai attacks in the UK say in the run up to Christmas the death toll would be absolutely horrific.
Derrick Bird was a lone nutter, probably drunk, with a small calibre rifle and shotgun. The Police got to him very quickly and had to watch as he killed a number of people as they couldn't return fire.
A team of shooters with even basic military training and automatic weapons loose on the streets of London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh etc. knowing they have very little chance of the Police returning fire is not a pleasant thought.  |
That is as may be Derek but the facts still stand that armed police do not represent much of a deterrent to the determined terrorist - especially those driven by martyrdom.
The statistics, together with the life experiences of anyone who lived through such scenarios attest to the fact.