Why Dont UK Cops Carry Guns

Why don’t UK cops carry guns?
Most use non-lethal tools like batons, handcuffs, and mace.
This is because the Metropolitan Police was founded on“policing by consent” - and they worry that guns sabotage that.
Less than ten percent of UK officers carry guns. In a year-long period up to March 2016, only seven shots were fired in England and Wales.
And a poll of officers showed 82% wanted to keep it that way.

[@CoomShroom]

Short answer: because it would be unfair in a Knifefight

[@Lee-mo1qf]

Shame the us has a 1.5x higher rate of murders by knives than the uk....but u keep lapping that these false narratives you get spoon fed.

[@godisgreat42]

@@Lee-mo1qf us population is more than 4 times bigger

[@property_rr1781]

@@Lee-mo1qf that’s because there is many Americans compared to us

[@akaoniryuu4564]

@@Lee-mo1qf that's not something to brag about

[@ThePanMan11]

@@godisgreat42 you... Do realize that crime rates are not the same as total crimes commited right?... Crimes rates are expressed in "crimes per x amount of people" specifically so you can compare populations that do not have the same size...

[@Max-dd4ow]

American police : “Stop or I’ll shoot” UK police : “Stop or I’ll ask you to stop again”

[@Balle20729]

Nono the UK police wouldn’t day anything as they’re too busy arresting someone for a tweet

[@uk-mapper]

​@@Balle20729 💀

[@ProtocolAbyss]

@@Balle20729 while American police are too busy unloading a magazine into minorities to notice any if the other crimes going on…

[@psychoticchannel3244]

you dont want to point a gun to UK police...a van fully equiped with m4 is always nearby

[@tzortzkawaz6892]

​@@psychoticchannel3244 hahahaha i believe it

[@Milk-ew4pf]

Sir may I arrest you? Why yes, of course! Splendid!

[@michaels8628]

I wish it worked that way.

[@bigg_survivor_8876]

Can you type it with a bit more accent

[@blacklove79]

😂😂😂

[@Tuskenraidertalks]

@@bigg_survivor_8876thats how the British speak, the missing t’s are are very small percentage, believe it or not there are tons of different uk accents in the uk

[@hexagonal_pro9346]

Indubitably sir right this way!

[@yaneyobe3147]

Lol throwback to family guy "a man with a gun and two bullets has taken over manchester" 😂

[@chinchin2931]

Obviously know nothing about Manchester better bring the marines

[@albofrfr]

@@chinchin2931 Innit I feel proud that my city was mentioned in family guy

[@chinchin2931]

@@nicknir07 or Salford lol

[@whatishumanity43]

@@nicknir07 you right. We’d just bomb it with our Air Force. More efficient

[@thomasdonald3291]

The IRA know how to cause a scene in Manchester

[@Chalky.]

There is armed response units and they are incredibly well trained, so when they fire they've gone through every other possible option first.

[@netslum12]

How it should be.

[@ThePanMan11]

@Daddy Penguin yeah... All the footage of us cops shooting unarmed civilians begs to differ.

[@zicob2536]

@Daddy Penguin troll

[@napalm7348]

@Daddy PenguinAmerica's law is out of date they keep laws in place from the civil war

[@Jitzau]

@@ThePanMan11 yeah... no.

[@bespokepenguin103]

Well i do believe it would be quite rude to bring a gun to a knife fight. 🧐

[@abhukhanal7697]

Tell that to Gurkhas, they will laugh at the guns

[@abandoned4788]

Me who brought a sword: You guys have knifes and guns?

[@hellohello-rb9ig]

Indeed...how uncivilized

[@Cyborg_Lenin]

@Paul Martin how does the 21 foot rule come into that???

[@theorangeheadedfella]

@Paul Martin what's the 21 foot rule

[@jackpalmer1724]

What i do find annoying is that many people forget about Northern Ireland when talking about the UK as in NI most police officers carry firearms and or tazers

[@skellious]

yep. due to the troubles, Northern Ireland never banned hand guns (the rest of the UK did after the Dunblaine massacre) so it makes sense cops there are armed.

[@aaroncousins4750]

Well beats the army having to do it for them...

[@Dragoninja35]

Actually these days it's becoming more and more Common to see armed police officers and not just in Ireland but everywhere Because of Terrorism

[@jakjakwiq5718]

Many people talk about Great Britain when mentioning UK. It's a pretty common misconception

[@aaroncousins4750]

@@Dragoninja35 thats mainly in cities

[@Irish.aviation01]

here in northern ireland all of our officers carry glock 17 gen5’s aswell as the stuff the met carry our fire arms branch (ARU,TSG) carry standard equipment but with a g36c and a tazer

[@jojobabbit8619]

You mean Ireland?

[@rainingdeathx3368]

@@jojobabbit8619 thats what he typed

[@Unifyy]

@@jojobabbit8619 If You get triggered By Someone Saying NI please get some help :)

[@Unifyy]

@Trad Chad Who you saying this to?.

[@Super-gf7vx]

There’s a reason for the PSNI needing that equipment though

[@herscheraient]

why need guns when you have swords 🗡

[@clayongayle8870]

One Piece

[@lukesanders8912]

@@clayongayle8870 plot twist, one piece was inspired by uk cops

[@Corruptixn]

Lol

[@The.throngler]

So much cooler honestly

[@-Bishop-]

Never bring a knife/sword to a gunfight

[@viktornapolitano6113]

“Policing by consent” Officer: “Hey, stop, hands in the air! Do you want to be policed?” Criminal: “Nah.” Officer: “Understandable, have a nice day.”

[@InvalidUser_]

Policing by consent just means that the police don't act like the military. In the past crime in England was extremely high and they couldn't use military intervention because the public didn't trust the government already and that would cause another civil war. So they decided to create the police who wore blue and didn't carry lethal wepons like swords or guns to stop the rising cases of crime.

[@strikerrey6016]

@@InvalidUser_ He knows this, we all know this. That wont stop anyone from misinterpretating it

[@providencepath8706]

@@InvalidUser_ Nice try Brit’s but police brutality still exist

[@InvalidUser_]

@@providencepath8706 Not as much lol and this comment only serves to explain the history and meaning behind it. And whats with this 'nice try brit' I see some americans don't know what respect is

[@BIGAZZNATEDOG]

@@providencepath8706 in America? Look at the stats. It's incredibly low.

[@dodoubleg69]

Meanwhile in america: "Requesting an airstrike at walmart parking lot, shoplifter is on foot."

[@user-ot5bx3zv5v]

Nah he’s just black

[@andrewgus8763]

Nah they would rather drone kids in Syria and Iraq

[@keifer7813]

😂

[@richardpanini971]

Reality: “the shoplifter is black, i dont want to be called a racist- im disengaging”

[@twiisted1072]

"None lethal baton" Yeah only in the right hands..

[@drvgxn4719]

(・_・;)

[@whatishumanity43]

Nahh bro they’re non lethal look at Rodney king

[@N_and_N]

Who else is annoyed they removed the dislike button?

[@eviljoshy3402]

I still have the dislike button but I can no longer see how many dislikes a video has now. Funny how social media works that way.

[@orenges]

Extensions

[@SherrickDuncan]

I have the dislike button amd can see how many people dislike.

[@Alex38369]

I can only see dislikes on pc.

[@Sunny-ld4nn]

But make no mistake, if things get violent and shooty, the big boys take over the scene, enter Special Air Service, the British counter terrorism branch of law enforcement.

[@AntonGudenus]

The SAS is actually part of the UKs armed forces. Which they can deploy on home soil (as opposed to many other countries, where the armed forces can't just take over from the police, like for instance Germany)

[@Sunny-ld4nn]

@@AntonGudenus Yes, I know about Germany, it was somewhat related to the war if I'm not mistaken and also the reason why there were so many casualties in the Olympic games terrorist attack, because their armed forces couldn't join in while the police were severely underequipped for this task. I think it's the basis for why the German GSG-9 was formed as a counter terrorist unit

[@Only1199]

the british counter terrorism branch of law enforcement is CTSFO not SAS

[@AntonGudenus]

That's bang on the money. They formed GSG-9 expressly from police forces to play nice with that law.

[@isaacrawlings1651]

@@Only1199 you are particularly correct the police have an anti-terrorism unit but they are more focused on dealing with suspects that aren’t barricaded eg on the street. A good example of the SAS counter terrorism task force is the Iranian embassy siege were SAS were used due to their experience.

[@boomboone47]

It’s obvious, it’s a melee lobby and they don’t wanna ruin it.

[@BaileygaskellGaskell]

Nailed it

[@CarlosJays]

Hahahahahaha

[@danielholtzman2582]

"Quick! Hit em with the handcuffs!"

[@iair-conditiontheoutsideai3076]

That'll do the trick

[@thegrunt1]

Not funny

[@bigwatermelon4487]

Just cuff rush the criminals

[@user-mw1cm1kl3s]

Street thugs : "Aye captin' I challenge ye to yield yet wallet or duel to the death, what say you matey?"

[@AjthaGOAT-ek6wz]

😂😂

[@theorangeheadedfella]

yarr

[@UraSausauge]

Atleast we dont shoot up schools

[@user-nb4vg1ub4j]

@@UraSausauge Gotta ruin the joke, huh. I thought British humor was supposed to be the best. You are a disgrace.

[@UraSausauge]

@@user-nb4vg1ub4j cry more

[@Soup0066]

*proceeds to engage in a back alley sword fight*

[@RobinYoBoi19YT]

Have at thee

[@patheticcube20]

UK police Officer : Tazer, Tazer, Tazer!!

[@MrP1CKLE3.141]

“Hello my jolly good fellow many I arrest you” “Why yes of case sir” “Oh splendid truly splendid”

[@just.a.regular.guy233]

Criminal carrying a gun: that ain't fair bro

[@rivershark3027]

Meanwhile, North Korean police roaming around with a photo of Kim Jong Un in their pockets.

[@agape-704]

“IF YOU DROP THAT NEWSPAPER I WILL RIP THIS PHOTO” “하지 마세요!!! 미안해요!!!”

[@humorm4152]

Public execution style

[@agape-704]

@@humorm4152 Anti aircraft missle style

[@mrnobodymr8002]

British office:have you got license for that tv? “Points gun at guy”

[@cliff1714]

America: Gunshots* UK: I SHALL SHOW YOU THE TRUE MEANING OF HONOUR! EN GARDE! sword clashing noises*

[@alistairjclark2433]

Non UK people talking like they know what they are on about... We have armed response units which have insane response times in places where it's needed even in Plymouth the police were on scene within 6 minutes. No need for everyone to be carrying it just makes things worse

[@chiefdoesgaming8269]

Well, except northern Ireland.

[@catman4644]

"ONLY" 6 minutes? Well I guess no one could do you much harm in "ONLY" 6 minutes could they? How long would "ONLY" 6 minutes seem to you if someone has broken into your home? I bet it's a real comfort knowing that when seconds matter the police are "ONLY" 6 minutes away!

[@ThePanMan11]

@@catman4644 that's why we break-in proof our houses. It'll take longer than 6 minutes to get in.

[@SIGSEGV1337]

@@ThePanMan11 yeah if you're wealthy enough

[@IWillYeah]

Which is not unique to Britain. In Ireland we also have similar setup, mostly unarmed regular gardaí/ police and tactical armed gardaí/ police RSU (Regional Support Unit) and ESU (Emergency Support Unit) who train alongside the ARW (Army Rangers Wing - Irish special forces).

[@DivineHotdog]

Bri’ish 14 year olds: *pulls out 800 inch long machete*

[@Nat_onYT]

American 6 year olds from Texas: *wips out AK47 and a pump shotgun*

[@DivineHotdog]

@@Nat_onYT ong

[@Nat_onYT]

@@DivineHotdog ?

[@DivineHotdog]

@@Nat_onYT I said “On God” ☠️

[@Nat_onYT]

@@DivineHotdog lol

[@SNTIN4L]

England scottland wales: yeah we try to keep thing peaceful Northern ireland: *yes*

[@aaaa-pe1zi]

Because guns are very difficult for criminals to get, It's very difficult even for a loyal British citizen to get a gun permit.

[@yitivitzen5239]

“A man with a gun, and two bullets, has taken over Manchester.”

[@smokecigs5908]

We have highly trained armed police that deal with threats related to firearms

[@John.S.Patton]

@@smokecigs5908 it was a joke

[@smokecigs5908]

@@John.S.Patton so is your nans dementia

[@baconatoromg6062]

@@smokecigs5908 lol brit mad

[@cicero5001]

@@smokecigs5908 Can't help be read this in an obnoctious northumberland accent

[@joemurgatroyd357]

To be honest I live in England and have only ever seen a couple cops carrying guns ever and it’s usually for very good reason, not just walking down the street.

[@kiliankraus]

Yeah only time I’ve ever seen them is in London, and even then it’s only outside the palace or maybe some area on high alert for terrorist threats

[@TheFridge0x]

I had two police officers with guns turn up at my house. I bought a BB gun in town, looked at it in my car and someone saw.

[@lunity1111]

Same and I’m in London I like it

[@thechaosbringer858]

I feel like it's not a smart idea to make police rely on police response time to save them.

[@theirishempire4952]

Well, if a police officer asks for armed response, they arrive 30 seconds later

[@thechaosbringer858]

@@theirishempire4952 Even if that was the case (which I seriously doubt), 30 seconds isn't always fast enough.

[@SPdanig]

I don't think you understand how a gun escalates a situation, especially on both sides

[@thechaosbringer858]

@@SPdanig Good point. Instead of escalating the situation by pointing a gun at the active shooter, cops should just call for an armed response team and pray that there are still at least a few people alive when they arrive.

[@tishaak2800]

@@thechaosbringer858 you do realize that Guns arent as common in the uk as in the us right?

[@AutoSearPin]

Policing by consent....Now I’ve heard everything

[@Psychedrawlic]

Because they aren’t American 🇺🇸

[@SussySoap69]

Fax

[@sharpshotm16]

Because we don’t need them to enforce the law. Also we have roundabouts

[@dylanc2806]

ah i knew i'd find a comment hating on america

[@Acanofalconpunch]

@@dylanc2806 don't worry England is going to be replaced by other races by 2050. Guns will become more normal sooner rather than later.

[@angelasuezanne1736]

@@Acanofalconpunch THIS👍🏻

[@swccrw]

There’s a special unit called CTSFO in the UK mostly known as Armed Police (CTSFO is basically a SWAT team in the uk, so yes they do carry guns)

[@insertnamehere8744]

Imagine if there is a shooter and they just send in a bulletproof knight with a longsword Der

[@aka6646]

A bulletproof set of armor would weigh like 500lbs

[@alexev651]

Good thing there hasn’t been one in 24 years

[@ChickenLiver911]

When they say “policing by consent,” you must realize the rather troubled situation British law enforcement was in at the time. The first kind of police in the UK was in Ireland, largely founded by Robert Peel (hence where the slang bobby or peeler comes from) and it was more of a paramilitary organization to subdue Irish revolts against what was English tyranny. So when they introduced the pilot into the mainland people were entirely concerned about everything, and like the Irishers, started calling them peelers and bobbies. So their solution was to prove that they were there to help by removing the pistols they often carried (excluding the groups on the more outskirts regions of the island where dangerous gangs existed, until even they were disarmed). This is by _zero_ means a detailed explanation, and k recommend you find a better source than I, as I probably got a bunch of things wrong. I feel I need to clarify something: the first “policing service” in the UK was the medieval parish system, where a chaplain would be the one to report crime, and they would often just hire people to do it for them, although it rarely worked. The jurisdiction was too small, and there was no real benefit for the thief-takers. I don’t have near what patience it would take to type all of the history out, but what I meant by the Irish Police was the first official police service.

[@kikapuneniya3827]

But your explanation was more believable lol

[@Behemoth_Rogue]

Is "Irishers," a real term?

[@LeSatan]

Great, thorough explanation. Thanks. 💯

[@cyraxx604]

There was police before that, they just couldn't handle all the fighting. Trust the Irish to make up their own history, painting everyone but them to be the bad guys. I'm guessing Ireland lived in utter peace before policing system came in lol.

[@finlaycraig7276]

@@cyraxx604 clearly you know nothing

[@brandonn6099]

Because you don't need a gun to arrest someone for hateful tweets!

[@michaels8628]

Sad but true. "noncrime hate incidents" are a thing here (telling offensive jokes online, Etc.) And go on your criminal record, though you'll never know about it.

[@officerwaifu6408]

Those tools are not NON-lethal, they are LESS THAN lethal. Handcuffs and batons are extremely deadly, as is anything when used by the wrong person. That's why you want a suspect completely restrained before putting handcuffs on them - they are on par if not deadlier than brass knuckles when gripped.

[@firefly9838]

Just no. I own handcuffs from when I was a cop. Sure they can hurt but they aren’t deadly.

[@lordwhatshisname3408]

the cops here feel more like a service rather than feeling like they are out to get you in the states. That's the one and only aspect I like about uk cops vs. us cops.

[@poofishgaming5622]

Why only aspect? The UK cops are better in basically every way... it’s considered one of the best forces in the world and many countries base their system on ours.

[@unknowns8890]

Policing by consent:"Oi bruv can I arrest ya?".

[@brianjohnson1601]

Yea but nobody is talking about the young blokes carrying Katanas 😂😂😂

[@zm1te38]

I keep seeing people saying we should do this in America. The difference is that America’s crime rate is much higher than them and it has little to nothing to do with police having firearms.

[@TBeno3]

A lot of uk crimes are knife crimes which will happen in America if guns go away Guns shouldn’t have been a thing apart from law enforcement and the army so we wouldn’t have these kinds of priblems

[@zm1te38]

@@TBeno3 we’ve come to a point where no taking away of anything will fix problems. The only way we can successfully solve crime in USA is to create a new method. Taking away guns or giving more or giving ppl free cash is not gonna help. As much as we’d all like to say “you shouldn’t have done *that* in the first place” what’s done is done

[@Rwy801998]

@@TBeno3 Imagine not wanting to be able to sufficiently defend yourself

[@TBeno3]

@@Rwy801998 but then if there are no guns what is there to defend against

[@ej_22]

@@TBeno3 people with guns. People will not give up their firearms.

[@theindependentmillennial5243]

It would make fighting against violent knife crime unfair.

[@sebione3576]

Exactly. Criminals have rights, too.

[@lunity1111]

You realise USA srill has more knife crime per capita on top of your gun crime right?

[@shaf_m0133]

Lol we have shank battles in alleyways instead. Modern problems require medieval solutions

[@nox4298]

All northern Irish police officers carry guns

[@steveharrison1765]

The video should have been named "why don't GB police carry guns" not the UK

[@Gl-my8fw]

Like they should..... no one is being saved from violent crime by a guy with a stick

[@necrogenesis1981]

@@Gl-my8fw They have an armed response unit when necessary, and they arrive within minutes.

[@CaptainX2012]

@@steveharrison1765 Great Britain* GB still means the entire uk (source: ISO 3166 ALPHA 2 standard)

[@UCt7z4WN-yMyGqDvczlTFXiQ]

Didn’t ask

[@somebodynow_6731]

Policing by consent? “Uh no thanks I don’t want to go to jail today.” “Alright then, have a nice day!”

[@Jacob_Clarke]

They still carry guns in Ireland due to the IRA, however we don’t have guns in the UK, so there is no need for the police to carry guns. We have considerably less gun deaths then other countries, so it clearly works.

[@Liamthewaldo]

That's not true at all there are thousands of guns in the UK both legally aquried and illegally

[@Jacob_Clarke]

@@Liamthewaldo yes to clarify, we don’t have guns to the same extent. Also what you can do with guns is much stricter here then in somewhere like the US

[@queenbean7071]

​@YungRetroGamer yet these guns are not accessible to the general public and due to the difficulty in getting them are usually restricted to gangs that use them to fight other gangs. What would a gang gain from spending an extortionate amount of money in a gun to use to attack civilians/ schools which would likely make their current supplies be under intense scrutiny and likely lead to huge investigations into them

[@bennothetenno3988]

I love how they're like "oh no bruv, it would be ra'ver violent ta' carry a gun 'round on ta' streets. But I'd be more than jolly ta' bludgeon you wiv' me bat'n"

[@arstulex]

"to streets"

[@ollie03]

No one actually speaks like that btw

[@bennothetenno3988]

@@ollie03 yeah mate I know. I was being satirical.

[@hutchmusician]

Has a Hinglishman, hai hobject to thus blaytunt misrrrrrepresentayshiun of hour haccents.

[@Q_ari]

@@ollie03 we do, actually

[@aodhan2011]

Must not be counting Northern Ireland then, always see them carrying assault riffles n all

[@michaels8628]

Well, yeah. It's a warzone.

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@michaels8628 not a warzone, NI has the lowest crime rate in the UK.

[@queenbean7071]

​@@georgebarnes8163true but they do have a larger threat then the rest of the country due to the tension with the ira and ira larpers

[@user-wm6zf4jg2z]

Because the majority of people don't have guns either. Pretty simple actually

[@danm3021]

Which in turn makes knife crimes skyrocket

[@ThePanMan11]

@@danm3021 Yeah... That doesn't hold up because the US has a lot of guns and still have more knife deaths per capita despite being shooty shooty bang bang bois.

[@GoodnightStories234]

@@ThePanMan11 source? If that’s true that’s crazy because I’ve never heard that before

[@sean9594]

@@ThePanMan11 I dislike the word Capita. It means "per head" but at the moment most Americans don't have one.

[@austinh.1293]

Doesn't matter. Some people do have guns. Big risk for literal police to not have lethal weapons

[@c0nstantin86]

Policing by consent Police "In the name of the law, come out with your hands up!" Criminal: "Nah!" Police "Oh, sorry, didn't mean to shout... you shouldn't rob that bank, though. Please don't be mean to the rest of us"

[@grumboflipflorp5688]

gang wars in the uk be like: Have at thee, rapscallion! Thou mother be’est a temptress! *rapier clanging sounds*

[@burst_reverzed2467]

Actually it's an orderly queue for non lethal duels with 4 tea breaks each match

[@huntermetting1121]

@@burst_reverzed2467 en garde

[@antonydandrea]

I thought it was because since guns were not legal, they could not be mored armed than most people. If they have knowledge that a person may be armed that's when the special armed police come

[@comicstans3278]

I mean it's legal for cops to have guns but they don't want them too for good reason

[@PhantomOfFire]

Technicaly you are correct The reason bearly any cops have guns is because its really difficult to get a gun in the uk We don't have them in every mall XD

[@austintinoC00l]

It's not illegal to own a gun in the UK. In fact some things here are actually easier to get such as silencers. There's just not a big culture for it here.

[@parkerrountree246]

@@PhantomOfFire And you also don’t share a border with 2 countries, one being crazy with gun runners. It’s a lot different when you’re an island. Automatic weapons here have been outlawed for 30-50 years(except for guns made before like 1960s but those are RIDICULOUSLY expensive these days), yet we keep seeing illegal automatics in Chicago, a city in Illinois with one of the strictest gun laws in our nation, how crazy is that?

[@rololoy2]

👮‍♀️: Okay , but what about some tea ☕️? Criminal: Absolutely my dear sir but once I’m done robbing another bank. 👮‍♂️: very well , then I shall see you later 👋

[@billsima6983]

this is all a myth, here we use hot tea instead of guns and batons

[@ps_gamer4453]

This is highly stereotypical

[@grikkajunior]

@@ps_gamer4453 and highly true

[@shockwavesteve]

PS_gamer445 Cry about it

[@Anonymousgamer-gi7kj]

Ikr I made a suspect have 2nd degree burns!

[@itachi6523]

Meanwhile in India Police - i have a gun but i forgot how to fire 😂

[@SprinterPlayz]

American police: LSPD DONT MAKE ME SHOOT YA British police: Put the butter knife down or I’ll shoot a bolt of electricity through your chest

[@charleskempton8808]

Because we ate hard as nails and the public generally like us.

[@Acanofalconpunch]

Until the general public gets replaced by more lethal type of human beings:)

[@ThePanMan11]

@@Acanofalconpunch you saying white people are weak?

[@heatseeker9573]

Never seen the british police being hard as nails like... ever. Do you have an example?

[@killertruth186]

@@heatseeker9573 It's not being hard as nails. He meant eating nails or something like it.

[@stephenbachman132]

Why are you eating nails. Thats not a good way to get enough iron in your diet.

[@Shanna6163]

The UK also has a massive servalence system that also allows them to police in differnt ways most times your cought on camera befor the police even show up

[@MikeMikeActual]

That has absolutely nothing to do with carrying firearms!!

[@Shanna6163]

@@MikeMikeActual learn how to comprehend what u read... I said it allows them to police in different ways...

[@1johnnygunn]

Caught* Before*

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Dyslexic

[@vinz4066]

Caught in Ultra 4k

[@blossomamah741]

In my country Nigeria it’s not uncommon to see normal police men fully armed with AK 47 rifles like they going for war

[@emental3800]

Let's admit that pouring hot tea is more effective than a gunshot.

[@HPsawus]

TLDR: continuing swordsmanship as a tradition

[@palecitron8472]

Maybe because they have cultured people that know how to behave!! Unlike us here in the USA we got nothing but animals roaming around portrayed as people

[@bouncydachon]

England: no one with guns America: Police with guns Russia: parents getting 6 year olds guns to play with

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

American and Russian are basically the same In this area, I saw a 6 year old take a pic with a deer he shot In the us lol

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

@@cowerdnerddespacito9518 dad probably shot it and let his kid pose with it because I refuse to believe that that kid had the strength to pull the trigger

[@amgeryanimals4272]

​@@craftysmithkeith3653lol no

[@adiwibowo7246]

"Bit rude shanking me innit fam?" "Nah fam i got dem shankin liscense m8". "aight ur free on shankin lad"

[@38thirtyeight]

Simple answer : because they got one of the best Intelligence Agency.

[@michaelkojokonadu8998]

The UK: whatcha got there? The US with its myriad of guns and gun related deaths/accidents: A smoothie

[@TheRedAirOn]

The US also attracts the worst criminals in the world.

[@anauthor3330]

12,000 a year. That’s literally nothing. 1.5 million lives are saved every year by firearms, study done by 2013 CDC. Look it up.

[@austynh1]

@@anauthor3330 and roughly 115k firearm injury's per year, 24k suicides, along with those homicides. And yet how many in first world countries with stricter gun laws like Canada, England, and the majority of Europe? I'm not hyper anti gun because really it's impossible to change much gun ownership wise in America at this point, but it's simply incorrect that gun ownership is largely beneficial compared to first world competition to the US and the only way to really provide massive counterpoint is to talk about countries that border on 2nd or 3rd world.

[@jazzzzzz5626]

@@anauthor3330 your country school shootings says otherwise

[@summertriangle4745]

@UC-05MdyRbI5Yik8epH7glXA no lie if that is the only thing we keep hearing lameow. At least I've never heard of any such things happening in my State.

[@Area-eu4kg]

True friend, even taking care of his friends daughter. What a guy I hope he’s safe and well

[@Mike.Fortin]

When you do need an officer with a gun, it takes 45 minutes for one to show up. Don’t be a hostage in the UK.

[@sneedling]

Completely untrue.

[@sturmgeschutze3070]

London Bridge terror attack 2017. It took eight minutes for them to show up actually, and they killed all three terrorists within 20 seconds of arrival.

[@sneedling]

@@sturmgeschutze3070 Exactly, not just that but shootings in England are so rare

[@cjvipinosa3328]

​@@sneedlingBut that doesn't mean Gangs there have no guns Black markets exists and criminals don't follow the law

[@sneedling]

@@cjvipinosa3328 nobody said anything about Gangs lol. It is a fact that shootings are rare in England In 2021, 35 people died from gun related injuries in England/Wales. In 2021, 48,830 people died from gun related injuries in the US.

[@BeeJayyDaDon]

Every American watching this like “only 7 shots?!?”😂

[@usernamepassword9091]

That's shots fired by police officers. We definitely do have some amount of gun crime here and also a lot of farmers have guns but as far as crime goes you're a lot more likely to get stabbed or have your head kicked in with steel toe cap boots than being shot

[@cumber3631]

*arresting by consent* Cop: oi bruv, can I can I arrest ye? Ye seem to have broken the law mate Criminal: Nah sorry, got a lunch with the misses today Cop: alright, cheerio then!

[@huntermetting1121]

bUt ThATs nOT hOw THeY TalK

[@hartincmajor202]

Policing by consent does not mean arresting by consent

[@michaels8628]

I wish it worked that way. Although, as a teen I did a little vandalism and they asked if it was me. I said no and they just let me go. Vandalism isn't taken too seriously here (though I don't do it anymore).

[@bigg_survivor_8876]

Perfect accent man perfect 👌

[@user-jx1vt6sr7d]

@@bigg_survivor_8876 🤣🤣✋🏻

[@aircraftnut15]

Family guy “We will move to England worst thing they have there is drive by arguments” “Oh Reginald I DISAGREE”

[@kdsvgmremastering848]

So that's why the word "bobby" sounds so cute.

[@MadJackChurchill1312]

Knife crime in the UK is still proportionately lower than the US.

[@kaxida]

Because of the obvious factor that there’s more Americans than Brits, lol.

[@queenbean7071]

​@@kaxida what do you think proportionately means

[@tyronelorenzovalentio3414]

@@kaxidahe said proportionally American education stinks

[@wardy6224]

@@kaxida Smartest American

[@msmagrod]

Officer: chief thd British mobster gang is using tommyguns what do we do The chief: send out the mace spray units

[@comicstans3278]

What are you talking about who needs mace we just shiv them up

[@msmagrod]

@@comicstans3278 true but for gangsters not the police

[@anon_ymous91]

Or send in the armed response unit or worst case, counter terrorism special air service SAS. We just don't need to shoot kids for carrying toys in the UK.

[@msmagrod]

@@anon_ymous91 yes I know I live in Cardiff I made this as a joke also America is very weird when it comes to allowing kids to own toy guns that shoot plastic

[@judegibson]

Bro we literally she chef them up bro like godzilla himself get scared when i pull out the shank

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

A little correction: Such weapons carried by police are NOT non lethal - they are less lethal.

[@thebattlepug1732]

The reason is mostly because they don't really need to carry guns due to the fact that guns are incredibly rare and hard to get in the UK. That's why we have a certain force to deal with it.

[@iterativedoor8411]

Yeah when I was raised in Ireland I thought it was normal that Garda (police in Irish) didn't carry guns until I moved to America and saw even school cops carried guns

[@dedeferreira98]

Anywhere in the world cops carry guns..

[@iterativedoor8411]

@@dedeferreira98 No, they don't.

[@dedeferreira98]

@@iterativedoor8411 Yes they do. There are 5 natiosn where they dont and even in those nations cops have firearms training and carry them if necessary. The Uk is the only nation who has unarmed cops who need to call for the real cops (armed ones) when trouble comes.. UK police is a joke really

[@iterativedoor8411]

@@dedeferreira98 And I said Ireland, Ireland is right next to the UK.

[@sturmgeschutze3070]

@@dedeferreira98 Oh no it’s just that nobody wants to fight the police because we’re not morons - we have far less gun deaths (OBVIOUSLY) and yet we still have far fewer knife crime incidents per capita than the US. Besides, you wouldn’t want to get into a gunfight with armed police an more than you would with a royal marine. Google the London Bridge terror attack in 2017. Twenty seconds.

[@cameronisboring5613]

The US still has a higher knife related crime rate than the UK

[@nunbiz7328]

Nah, what about those acid attacks and grooming gangs?

[@cameronisboring5613]

@@nunbiz7328 yes England has more acid but that’s not what I’m talking about right now

[@queenbean7071]

​@@nunbiz7328eapteins island isnt in england

[@nightwing5740]

I actually saw UK cops with mp7s or mp9s because of the proximity to the major capital areas of London

[@ArkayaStudios]

Yeah, some of your specialised officers carry guns

[@obv1Lexie-]

Right I’ve seen ppl saying sword fights lol I can agree it had me dying😭 But the actual way it works is they carry guns (depends where ur from in Uk) but don’t acc use them.They pull them out to threaten but they literally have 0 bullets in but still make the sound when u pull the trigger.We also have tasers aswell so yeah. (If anyone asks I am a British citizen)

[@keith8225]

I love the fact that yanks are so baffled by the fact that a lot of countries actually have good gun laws

[@unoriginalclips9923]

Who needs a gun when you got a sabre

[@MrLoobu]

Same reason I don't carry a gun. We don't need to.

[@hornydiscord]

Breaking news A man with a gun and three bullets has taken over west London

[@Trip_koLng]

Short answer Not America

[@ikehurd216]

“Policing by consent” what a great idea. Let’s make sure the burglar who stabbed someone 5 minutes ago consents to being arrested. It would be quite rude any other way

[@benjacobson7490]

The ignorance in this comment is incredibly

[@dedeferreira98]

@@benjacobson7490 Its not. The british police is soft

[@benjacobson7490]

@@dedeferreira98 I'd rather have them be "soft" than murders like they are here

[@dedeferreira98]

@@benjacobson7490 Here in Portugal like the rest of europe the british cops are seing as a joke since they are soft and unarmed, Trust me. having a police who cant protect you dont someone with a knife is not fun. The americans might not have it good but you sure dont want a british officer protecting you

[@benjacobson7490]

@@dedeferreira98 that's fair, some sort of middle ground between a militia and not being armed does seem best

[@Loader138]

Imagine being the person who thinks that the government, is going to save you from the government.

[@doomslayer2930]

UK cops: *guns are violent.* US cops: *intense American raging*

[@bloodsports94]

How are inanimate objects violent you absolute clown?

[@ameunier41]

Where I live, there were talk about removing the gun. They looked at the number and realized it caused a lot more problems than it solved. Most people are unnarmed and a tazer is more than enough 99.99% of the time.

[@bmouch1018]

A taser does not work 99% of the time. Spitballing a number I'd say more like 60% of the time, if that. Not arguing with the rest of what you're saying, but I am saying tasers are not that reliable.

[@ilhambahniar2892]

As long as the population got no access to gun then police patrol don't exactly need them. But! Criminal always evolve. And just like most other human,they want as much advantage as possible. Seeing the cops got no guns, might make criminal thinks of guns even more highly.

[@aNuBiS63FuL]

United States dislike this short.

[@keonirider8831]

Na, we just get mad and read the second amendment while listening to the national anthem, soooo like a normal day for Americans

[@Sparrow374]

@@keonirider8831 dude a normal day is a school shooting, stop the lies.... 🤦‍♂️

[@Sparrow374]

@@alienmorality yea i doubt that..

[@pemdemica1712]

@@alienmorality it hasn’t. At this point, school shootings are treated as a normal occurrence, which is a huge problem.

[@pemdemica1712]

@@alienmorality “thoughts and prayers”. Sound familiar?

[@chuni5942]

American police: "MINORITY SPOTTED SHOTS FIRED" British police: "Have at thee!" *swords clashing* European police: *literal heavy weaponry while the civs are defenseless*

[@dillinations8794]

uk cops need to step up man the riots in britain are getting bad like iff a uk cop had a machete and a riot shield i wouldnt mess with him

[@RR-us2kp]

Nope. We feel safe here.

[@grantwalter2243]

Never trust a comment thats edited.

[@davidyetter5409]

It's also illegal for citizens to own most forearms. Petty crime, home invasion and burglary go unchallenged and are rampant throughout the country.

[@ApurtureSci]

I disagree that home invasions are rampant, is it particularly common in your area or something? There are a lot of burglaries, but in most instances if they become aware of somebody indoors they quickly flee. The American-style home invasion where a group of armed people take over your house is not something that happens a lot.

[@firefly9838]

So in the UK if a man breaks into a woman’s home and rapes her does she just have to take it? Not allowed to defend herself?

[@ApurtureSci]

@@firefly9838 Of course she can, self-defence is perfectly legal, but we can't own guns for the purpose of self-defence.

[@cyanoticspore6785]

You must live in am awful area because I can assure you it isn't rampant throughout the country

[@ApurtureSci]

@@cyanoticspore6785 Half these comments are from Americans who've been told that our lack of guns has made our country more dangerous, they don't have a clue

[@unknownimperial1007]

One of the many reasons why they have some of the most horrendous acid attacks and knife attacks but as long as it isn't guns it's all safe

[@ApurtureSci]

What is the link between police not having guns and criminals using knives and acid? It's not like they stand by and watch while these things happen.

[@queenbean7071]

Americans have hugher knife crime And how does acid relate?

[@wardy6224]

Knives and acid? I wonder what weapons they’d replace those with if it were more widespread🤔 …… also per capita the US has a much higher knife crime rate than the UK

[@LoneHartke]

Bringing a gun to a knife fight? Quite ride innit

[@thesanatanist_]

“If you don’t want to use guns in your country, then colonise other countries and use them there” - Sun Tzu (Art of War)

[@saltlife8221]

Shall not be infringed wasn't a request.

[@catman4644]

Exactly, our constitution was not simply a list of suggestions that can be removed or altered by politicians!

[@queenbean7071]

​@@catman4644well it was intended to lol The entire guns thing in america wa sonly so america could easily csll for a millitia if needed as they had no army. It wasnt about giving guns to commin golk so theh coulscoverthroe the goverment😂😂😂

[@Cam-qf6mx]

They physically aren’t capable of firing a firearm

[@diamond_chaos]

I’ve only ever seen guns carried in London and boi was that a shock to me

[@N_and_N]

He answers all our questions!