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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by arethuza on Sunday May 13, 2012 @07:28AM (#3966726)
Even though the UK does have a problem with knife crime, 82% of the police here do not want to be routinely armed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10260298

And personally, I wouldn't be keen on the police being armed all the time - I suspect it would make them a lot less approachable.

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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by jlgreco on Sunday May 13, 2012 @09:22AM (#3966920)
> "I suspect it would make them a lot less approachable."

As a law abiding American, I can confirm that statement. There are a lot of scary looking characters that you can see while strolling through my city but none of them make me as nervous as police officers.

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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by arethuza on Sunday May 13, 2012 @10:18AM (#3967055)
I often see policemen helping tourists with directions and things - I even once saw some policemen replacing a punctured tyre for what looked like Japanese tourists in an obvious rental car.

[NB I'm in Edinburgh which is usually full of tourists so I suspect the police are particularly well behaved here!]

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