Submitted on Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Rejected on Thursday 13th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Following todays attack on unarmed police it is time to arm the police
Today an unarmed police officer was stabbed by a terrorist inside the grounds of the palace of Westminster. This attacker was eventually disabled by armed police. If the officer who was stabbed had been armed it is possible that he may have been able to shoot the attacker and not have been stabbed.
Only a very small minority of police officers in the UK are armed. it is not armed police officers who, on the whole, are injured. It is always unarmed officers who are either seriously injured or killed. Enough, is enough, it is time to arm all police officers now. A bobby on a bicycle in rural Belgium has more protection than a British police officer on duty in central London trying to protect people, and themselves, from terrorists.
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