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Originally Posted by Chris
Context is king, as Sparkle rightly pointed out. If you ask people if they think the polis should be routinely armed at the same time as you're making them remember all the nasty things terrorists can do, it's not surprising if you get a healthy level of support for the proposition.
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Yes, I think I pointed that out myself.
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Note, however, that the BBC also observes this afternoon that the idea of routine arming enjoys really rather low levels of support amongst the police themselves, comments from serving officers in this thread notwithstanding.
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Yes. I specifically mentioned that in an earlier post. I have no beef with it either way. As I said earlier, I like the idea that the police doesn't carry arms routinely, but I'd have no problem with it if they did. I think it's largely a matter of what you're used to, and there are many continental police forces that have fine relations with the public despite carrying arms. I know. I lived there for around 30 years. Police forces don't suddenly turn into ninja-style paramilitary units when they carry guns.