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Originally Posted by stalker145  I also wonder why, it seems, that people from outside the U.S. being so comfortable with the police being armed to the teeth (terrorist protection - good point), but they are not comfortable with personal gun ownership (terrorist protection?). |
I'm not comfortable with the police having such weapons in general usage, or any guns in general usage. There is far too much room for error - just look at the Charles de Menezes case.
Armed units should only be around for situations which need such weapons. And patrolling an airport is not one of those situations.