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		chrisseaton on Nov 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A turf war and a botched contract landed two pente... Police and security in the UK manage just fine without guns. I think arming the police means criminals feel the need to be armed in response.

LiNeXT on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

The United States isn't the UK. That aside, considering the UK's recent surge in knife violence, I'm not sure your assertion that armed police cause criminals to arm themselves can be substantiated.

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