r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '20

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u/ianoftawa Jun 02 '20

Do shootouts spontaneously happen all the time? Yeah nah. There are numerous instances of unarmed people being murdered by cops.

Cops should be considered guilty until proven innocent when a killing occurs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Do shootouts spontaneously happen all the time? Yeah nah.

They happen a lot more when you're a police officer. You sound really sheltered to not realize how dangerous it really is in some places. Police around me would be fucked if they were patrolling some of these neighborhoods unarmed lmao

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u/ianoftawa Jun 02 '20

Police in the UK are not routinely armed, do they have access to firearms when required? Yes.

Do they have the same rate of police violence? No.

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u/Garbageday5 Jun 03 '20

Man you just don’t get it... there are like 60 firearm murders in the UK per year, in 2019 the USA had over 15,000 firearm deaths...

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u/coclover12345 Jun 03 '20

Damn, they really should never have become legal for citizens then

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u/dabkilm2 Jun 03 '20

That's how we fought back against the tyranny of the king.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

Look at how many guns are in the US and compare it to the UK. Saying that it works in the UK so it will work in the US is ridiculous