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July 22, 2005

Man Shot Dead by Police on Tube

Man shot dead by police on Tube, BBC News reports. For some reason, I thought that English police officers didn't carry guns, only billy-clubs, nightsticks and rods. I guess I'm very wrong.

July 22, 2005 at 08:58 AM in Current Affairs |

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Antonia

Albert,

UK police don't carry guns in the normal course of things - if you reported a burglary, the police officer who came to your house wouldn't have a gun, just a truncheon. Only specialist units - the firearms units - are allowed to carry guns, and they respond only to incidents where a suspect carrying a gun has been reported.

Posted by: Antonia | July 22, 2005 at 10:46 AM

albert

A-cha, I was right! Thanks for clearing taht up Antonia.

Posted by: albert | July 22, 2005 at 10:50 AM

Mark

Robin Williams (remember him?) used to have a bit where he said if you run away from the gunless police in England they would yell, "Stop! Or I'll yell 'stop' again!"

Posted by: Mark | July 22, 2005 at 11:13 AM

Antonia

You presume they would be standing still, Mark. It's okay, us ignorant Brits may not have given our cops guns, but we do allow them to chase a suspect and pile on top of him. ;-)

Okay, 5.29 Friday, time to go home. Have a great weekend.

Posted by: Antonia | July 22, 2005 at 12:29 PM

Ajayi

When my assitant director read about this story she had the same reaction. "Do UK police carry guns?" Maybe that why we beat them 200+ years ago. No guns.

Posted by: Ajayi | July 23, 2005 at 02:16 PM

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