Stabbing attack on train

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Mr K

And if somebody mugs the guard and takes the gun?

do i need to explain what happens when you bring a knife to a gun fight

[Carth]

As with everything, there has to be a balance, the costs involved versus the chance of something happening. A risk assessment as it were.

You could now put an armed soldier in every train carriage, on every bus, every motorway service station, or wherever you think there is *potential* for an incident. You can soon go over the top and achieve nothing but higher prices/costs to the general public.

Consider local councils spending £1.5 million on snow clearance initiatives . . but then it doesn't snow that year. Obviously that's an acceptable risk, whereas guards on every street corner isn't.

Apparently its down to just one person, not two.

... update from British Transport Police.

They say a 32-year-old man arrested yesterday is now being treated "as the only suspect".

"A 35-year-old man from London who was also arrested at the scene has been released with no further action," the update reads.

[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm2zvjx1z14t ]

So far, this is one incident on a train. There must be thousands and thousands of train routes run each day, with tens of thousands of journeys taken on them. I don't think we're at the point where we need to put arm guards on every train or, as someone suggested on the news this morning, airport-style security to get on them.

We cannot completely control every public space. If these incidents become more common, then we might need to react, but let's not throw out more freedoms in reaction to the, understandable, fear that one attack generates.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Damien

So far, this is one incident on a train. There must be thousands and thousands of train routes run each day, with tens of thousands of journeys taken on them. I don't think we're at the point where we need to put arm guards on every train or, as someone suggested on the news this morning, airport-style security to get on them.

We cannot completely control every public space. If these incidents become more common, then we might need to react, but let's not throw out more freedoms in reaction to the, understandable, fear that one attack generates.

I hope not, but this incident may well have given certain individuals a new idea to try.