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Originally Posted by Vieil Homme
Did they not hold a firearms ticket that not all officers would hold? My brother in law held a firearms ticket in the Met but never had cause to hold or use a gun in service.
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Yep, it was a bit more relaxed then and as long as you could show you knew which end went bang was enough to get a firearm checked out in some cases.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/se...er-gun-weapons
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According to the latest figures, in 2010-11 a total of 6,653 officers were authorised to carry weapons, a decrease of 326 (5%) on the previous year. There are around 140,000 officers in England and Wales.
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Not that many, a large chunk of them will be in the Met so even less for the rest of the population.