Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by Sidney

What advocates of general arming of the police have no experience with, is the change in the nature and the manner in which you then have to deal with the general public. The personal space issues increase, methodologies for crowd interaction change, responses to the public are affected.

Complete agree. I prefer the system that we have where police officers think about several options before reaching for a firearm.

Unfortunately that does nothing to reduce the danger front-line cops face every day. I have a huge amount of respect for the courage shown by cops, but do not believe that having them walk around with a pistol on the hip is the answer...