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Old 19-09-2012, 19:48   #83
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Re: 2 Police Officers shot and killed in Manchester
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Originally Posted by danielf View Post
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19641398

An interesting read, which also provides some background to the current situation. Interestingly, according to a 2004 poll, 47% of the public support the police being routinely armed.
I'm suspicious of any poll which asks such a specific question using such vague terminology. As the poll is being bantered by the BBC as being evidence that 47% of people (polled) support giving the police guns, it seems like the poll must have been asking a specific question.
Unless I'm missing something, "armed" does not exclusively refer to firearms. The poll suggests 47% of people support arming police, but nowhere in the poll is the word "firearm" or "gun" mentioned. I find that rather odd.

http://www.icmresearch.com/pdfs/2004...orism_poll.pdf
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