Police officer shot dead in street

[Sawyer]

This was in the UK, by the way.

Oh, my bad. 

[Reece]

Getting a weapon is a piece of cake in most countries, and sometimes the price can be ridiculous. The question is what the hell is state doing, instead of stopping the flow of weapons coming from abroad that will minimize crimes, they wait for events like that to happen in order to take action.

This reminds me of two police officers that were killed in my neighbourhood last year, may he rest in peace.

Weapons can be attained with a license. We have extremely strict regulations to get a gun legally and the police regularly check the weapons are stored.

In 2010, in England and Wales 138,728 people were certificated to hold firearms and they owned 435,383 weapons (these are people who play shooting sports/member of a shooting club) There were 574,946 shotgun certificates which cover 1.4 million shotguns(these are farmers who use the guns to protect their livestock) and the population estimate for 2010 was 55.2 million, as you can see a relatively small number of people legally own weapons.

It's difficult to smuggle anything in to the country, but of course, as with any country, there will be contraband that does manage to get past the net.

And, unlike most(?) of the US it is not anybody's right to own a gun.

[Thomas_A]

Theese mad people have nothing else to do than just wave around with their guns and shoot at people, I bet they even dont have a job and find it to be exciting breaking laws.

[Reece]

Theese mad people have nothing else to do than just wave around with their guns and shoot at people, I bet they even dont have a job and find it to be exciting breaking laws.

The person who shot him is a 64 year old.

[Roske.]

And this is why you should have a fire-arm near by.

[Aksel]

And this is why you should have a fire-arm near by.

This is exactly why you should NOT have a firearm nearby.

[McGarrett]

Even Ronnel calculated it all for us. If Norway had exactly the same amount of citizens as USA got, Norway would have 1200 homicides with hand gun each year. In USA it was 12000. See the differences? It's about how the government want it to be.

In Norway, the police meet criminals with small resistance, you know why? Because police is not allowed to use guns. Those who decides to shoot an unarmed officer must be complete idiots or not think at all.

There are 11000 more people getting killed with a gun in USA than Norway, IF Norway had the same population as USA does. And those who're getting shot with a handgun is USA, is getting shot by a gang-member. In USA, there are even kids who shot their fellow students on their high school. See the point?

[SafetyMoose]

Untill you own a gun, you have no idea how much safer you feel, even if its a false hope, its still better then nothing. And if some big mean mother hubbard tries tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind, i'm sure as hell not gonna sit there and let him shoot me, at least ill have the chance to take him down first, and if not, hes going down with me 

[Gandalf]

Untill you own a gun, you have no idea how much safer you feel, even if its a false hope, its still better then nothing. And if some big mean mother hubbard tries tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind, i'm sure as hell not gonna sit there and let him shoot me, at least ill have the chance to take him down first, and if not, hes going down with me 

And most probably he will take the gun from you, earning him a free gun and getting you killed.
Saving 90% of gun deaths sure does not outweigh the false hope...

[Dolfagr]

Guns don't make you feel safe, but powerful..that's why people always screw up each other with them.

[Void]

Guns don't make you feel safe, but powerful

One of the most intelligent comment in this thread.

[McGarrett]

One of the most intelligent comment in this thread.

Indeed

[SafetyMoose]

And most probably he will take the gun from you, earning him a free gun and getting you killed.
Saving 90% of gun deaths sure does not outweigh the false hope...

there is a reason you lock your gun in a holster with a clip. and if someone tries to take it from you well its out of the holster, your own fault for letting him get that close XD


But in all seriousness, its about the education. Canada has very strict gun laws, most ownership is used for sport hunting since we do that a lot. But even then, More shootings occur for Park and Game Rangers here then with normal Police Officers. I still feel learning how to use a gun, even if it was for being a cop, is one of the best things I could ever do, for my own protection and my friends/ family.

[Aksel]

Untill you own a gun, you have no idea how much safer you feel, even if its a false hope, its still better then nothing. And if some big mean mother hubbard tries tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind, i'm sure as hell not gonna sit there and let him shoot me, at least ill have the chance to take him down first, and if not, hes going down with me 

I feel quite safe right now thank you

[SafetyMoose]

I feel quite safe right now thank you

Good, keep living in the sheltered bubble you are currently in. Its best not to become paranoid of the numerous threats against you in your every day life. You would be very surprised to learn how often people become targets for violent crime and you don;t hear about it in the news. i know I was surprised. Work has just shown me the true nature of society so I understand the dangers