Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by 199p

from the media and police spokesmen it definitely sounds like firearms are getting more common when it comes to crime and criminals.
It doesn't seem to have increased shooting a lot tho, It makes me ponder the point that if the criminals know the police aren't carrying on there hip
and thus it dose decrease the tension as opposed to them both holding each other at gunpoint.

I can see the police wanting the upperhand but i am a firm believer that it will increase shootings for both partys.

From the media and some police spokesmen yes, from actual crime statistics? I'm not so sure.

I agree about the potential for escalation, its a change that would really need to be justified by solid evidence rather than emotionally-loaded rhetoric.