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Eeyore wrote:
In the UK we have had an unarmed man shot dead by armed police on an
underground railway station, an unarmed and naked man shot dead by
armed police in his bedroom, an elderly man recovering from a cancer
operation shot dead by armed police who decided that the table leg he
was carrying was a firearm, and other similar cases.

Under tense situations, mistakes are easily made. With a gun, those
mistakes may be terminal.

For the victim, yes.

Anguish won't bring back the dead.

It might prevent further atrocities, though. Give some of the domestic
security forces arms and they have a habit of firing first and asking
questions afterwards. And their record seems to show often at an innocent
party.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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