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Russ · 20-09-2012, 12:14

Polls that ask the public if they want to see Police armed are IMO largely redundant.

You ask 1000 people if they should be awarded £1m by the government as their next birthday present, they're likely to all say yes however that does not necessarily mean it should happen.

Yes it's a different context but in this sort of situation it would be what the police want, not just the public. The population is full of (well-meaning) armchair experts who think they know what would happen in a particular scenario, but have no actual idea of what it's like.

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Russ cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral Posts: 37,182	Re: 2 Police Officers shot and killed in Manchester Polls that ask the public if they want to see Police armed are IMO largely redundant. You ask 1000 people if they should be awarded £1m by the government as their next birthday present, they're likely to all say yes however that does not necessarily mean it should happen. Yes it's a different context but in this sort of situation it would be what the police want, not just the public. The population is full of (well-meaning) armchair experts who think they know what would happen in a particular scenario, but have no actual idea of what it's like. __________________ Heavy Is The Crown