The massacre that took place in Norway is totally unfathomable. Not only did the killing spree go on for hours, the police were slow to respond.
But, more to the point, the police in Norway are not allowed to carry guns. In fact, the police need a special permit in order to carry a gun. So, if the police are not equipped to deal with violent crimes, then who is? Or does Norway believe that there will be no violent crimes in their country?
Well, hopefully Norway will realize that they live in a violent world. And while no one wants to be held prisoner in their own home for fear of crime, maybe they will realize that the police do need to carry guns.
Maybe Norway will take this event to heart and properly equip their law enforcement officers for violent crimes as it is only going to get worse. But, sadly, they will probable just declare this to be an isolated event and maintain their status quo.
It’s the same in MOST parts of the UK (with the exception of Northern Ireland, Cornwall, and Teesside). The police are forbidden out of carrying guns, an the vast majority of our backward populace areproud of that.
This means that when a psycho goes on a rampage (or riots like we had recently), the police can’t do anything other than ask the person to stop, or spray them with pepper spray.
However, to be fair to the british and norwegians, gun laws for police there aren’t as pathetic as Iceland. In Iceland, the police train with guns but only 4% are allowed to carry them. And they’re restricted only to airport duties.
Iceland has such an anti-cop anti-weapon culture, that when a police officer pepper sprayed a violent protester,the locals called for a law that would mean only ‘specially trained and licenses police carry pepper spray and only to certain, volatile, situations’.
Nice read. I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. He just bought me lunch as I found it for him! So let me rephrase: Thanx for lunch!