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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Perhaps not but the shoplifter might think about carrying a knife
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If they are going to carry a knife they already will, to resist arrest with serious violence doesn't really matter if it's gun or knife. The outcome is slightly more in favour of the cop if it's knife vs glock / taser instead of knife vs baton / CS.
Routine full arming with pistols won't occur here until there are a couple of maurauding terrorist attacks where the Police are utterly impotent in the initial assault, think multiple Derrick Birds only with automatic weapons rather than single shot rifles in a city and not a rural area.
Tasers are already less dangerous than hitting someone with a metal stick and far more reliable than baton, CS or PAVA.