Originally posted by Don Cardi: Maybe one of our British friends here can give me the answer to something that I've been wondering about.
Isn't it true that the police in your country never carried guns? And is it true that only after the July 7th attacks that they started to carry guns? Were these "regular" policeman who didn;t carry guns before or were these "special" forces that always carried guns?
Don Cardi
DC, the regular British police do not carry arms as a matter of course. However of course there are certain units of the police force who are trained for situations where the use of arms might be necessary e.g. terrorist situation, hostage taking etc. The guys in the shooting of the Brazilian were probably special "undercover" type cops.
However since 07/07 a large number of the Transport Police who look after the underground system, have been armed specifically to deal with the current threat.
BTW it appears the guy who was shot was staying in Britain on an out of date visa...probably why he ran..thought it was immigration?
Tom: "They shot Sonny on the causeway...he's dead." Michael: "Turnbull is a good man" Shane MacGowan: "It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunk tank"
