Thread: 2 Police Officers shot and killed in Manchester
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Old 19-09-2012, 16:29   #74
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Re: 2 Police Officers shot and killed in Manchester
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Originally Posted by Itshim View Post
More than once I have been asked if its true that UK cops do not have guns.
Folks just find it amazing. Me I find it extremely brave.
Other descriptions do come to mind. However this is not the time or place to use them .
I've been asked this many times too. "Don't need them over there, isn't that great?" is my reply. I then follow on to say (tongue in cheek) "You see that's one reason why I moved to Britain, the Brits are freedom loving. They sure do know what freedom means.". That usually winds them up nicely.

Next time one of your American friends asks you if its true that UK cops don't carry guns, just consider it your duty to inform them that from September 2000 through to September 2010, 511 American cops died as a result of hostile gunfire.
In that same time frame, just three British policemen (excluding N. Ireland) died as a result of hostile gunfire. Amazing what we can achieve when we apply a little common sense to gun ownership.

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworl...250?source=rss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e_line_of_duty
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