Dylann Roof
Elliot Rodger
Adam Lanza
James Holmes
Jared Loughner
Need I continue?
Perhaps we should start a random 'stop and frisk' type screening for white USAmerican males who are roughly between the ages of 16 and 25?[*]
[*] Yes, I know they don't account for all the mass shootings. You've got Seung-Hui Cho (Korean), Wade Michael Page (40), Aaron Alexis (black), and so on. But the list is definitely disproportionately young white men.
Elliot Rodger
Adam Lanza
James Holmes
Jared Loughner
Need I continue?
Perhaps we should start a random 'stop and frisk' type screening for white USAmerican males who are roughly between the ages of 16 and 25?[*]
[*] Yes, I know they don't account for all the mass shootings. You've got Seung-Hui Cho (Korean), Wade Michael Page (40), Aaron Alexis (black), and so on. But the list is definitely disproportionately young white men.
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Past tense? The majority of police in the UK -- including London -- are still unarmed.
It's true that there are units that are authorised to carry firearms, but the most of the force does not.
Yet another one of the many things I prefer about living in the UK. It's far from perfect -- and, sad to say, getting worse -- but still a much saner and more civilised place to live than the US.
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And I believe there is an actual aversion among English people to having armed police. Maybe we are more law abiding (unlikely) or maybe we remember our history when those in charge (Royalty/Aristocracy etc) could inflict any punishments they wished and we fought long and hard to overturn those rights and to give us all equality. And so we really dont want to give a killer advantage back to a select few wearing a uniform. Not sure really, but most people I know react with horror at the thought of having the police permanently armed - it's just not "English" doncher kn ow.
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I actually have my own opinions about police, and it's no secret that they are quite negative. But I'll bite my tongue here, since this is a discussion of the UK/US differences in police and not a general critique of the police as an institution.
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