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The armed patrols are being deployed after a dramatic rise in gun crime. They will target key areas in North London, where Turkish gangs are engaged in a bloody turf war, and south of the Thames, where gangland shooting incidents have soared.
Not possible, guns were completely banned over a year ago. /sarcasmzbordas wrote:Interesting reading about Utopia City ahm... London.
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The armed patrols are being deployed after a dramatic rise in gun crime. They will target key areas in North London, where Turkish gangs are engaged in a bloody turf war, and south of the Thames, where gangland shooting incidents have soared.
chamberc wrote:..."Stop, or I'll say stop again" didn't work out real well...
Skelton Eric wrote:
Hang on; Doesn't shooting back at murderous gangsters violate their human rights?
October 23, 2009 1:05 PM BST on community.timesonline.co.uk
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When I was there a few years back, the locals told me that, despite the virtually daily shooting incidents in London, their unarmed police rarely got shot due to a small tactical adaptation they had implemented. When a report of a major crime involving armed felons was received, the police simply didn't respond for a couple of hours, and in some cases, not until the next day. This was highly effective in preventing officer casualties, but didn't do much to enhance the level of respect they got from the citizenry, which clearly understood that they were completely on their own for the time frame that really mattered.Drewthetexan wrote:At least they have lots of surveillance cameras so they can watch the footage of you getting shot.
That is depressing. I wonder how much isn't even called in.Excaliber wrote:When I was there a few years back, the locals told me that, despite the virtually daily shooting incidents in London, their unarmed police rarely got shot due to a small tactical adaptation they had implemented. When a report of a major crime involving armed felons was received, the police simply didn't respond for a couple of hours, and in some cases, not until the next day. This was highly effective in preventing officer casualties, but didn't do much to enhance the level of respect they got from the citizenry, which clearly understood that they were completely on their own for the time frame that really mattered.Drewthetexan wrote:At least they have lots of surveillance cameras so they can watch the footage of you getting shot.
There's even more depressing news over there. During my visit, many areas had either no armed police, or just one armed officer who worked only some shifts (usually at night). He was considered armed by virtue of the fact that he kept a handgun locked in a box in the trunk of his cruiser and could only take it out upon orders from above when dispatched to certain violent incidents.Drewthetexan wrote:That is depressing. I wonder how much isn't even called in.Excaliber wrote:When I was there a few years back, the locals told me that, despite the virtually daily shooting incidents in London, their unarmed police rarely got shot due to a small tactical adaptation they had implemented. When a report of a major crime involving armed felons was received, the police simply didn't respond for a couple of hours, and in some cases, not until the next day. This was highly effective in preventing officer casualties, but didn't do much to enhance the level of respect they got from the citizenry, which clearly understood that they were completely on their own for the time frame that really mattered.Drewthetexan wrote:At least they have lots of surveillance cameras so they can watch the footage of you getting shot.
Given what they do to people who just confront burglars, let alone actively defend themselves, I imagine more and more crime goes unreported.Drewthetexan wrote:That is depressing. I wonder how much isn't even called in.
Exactly the reason why beer in long necked bottles is so popular in Texas. In Houston, think Airline, Market Street, Uvalde St., Telephone Road, Tamina @Woodlands, Black Cat Ridge @ Humble, Hockley, Old Hwy 90. Those were the days. Thank God they're over.They're now looking at banning glass drinking glasses in pubs because they've discovered they can be broken and used as an edged weapon
The Brits, in their current state of dissolution, would respond by banning the possession of lumber.Chuck TX wrote:If they keep going on that way, barbarians armed with 2x4's could over take the UK.
