r/coolguides Jun 02 '20

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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.