Quote Originally Posted by Kombucha
Ok, I live in Kent. The very fact that anyone can buy handguns in America but no one can buy handguns in the UK is pretty good evidence that the UK does not have a lot of guns. The police don't even carry guns. They don't need them.

It is a neighbourhood with a reputation for drugs and violence; a place where gang rivalry has led to shootings. The police officers patrolling these streets have loaded guns in their holsters; armed units are ready to provide back up. Is this a scene from the ghettos of the United States? No, this is Nottingham in the heart of England, a country with a long tradition of unarmed police officers who walk the beat with only a truncheon for protection.

More on this story here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sta...ime/police.stm