(January 18, 2016 at 5:13 pm)abaris Wrote: You know, I never got to the bottom of how the system of officers not carrying firearms came about in the UK. I ask that question for about a decade now and browsed the web intensively for some historic background, but I never found anything of value on the topic.You've got it the wrong way round: UK officers have never had the need to carry firearms except in special circumstances. We don't need 'a system of not carrying'. The absolute opposite of what the US does
Do you know where it origins?
Sum ergo sum
