Now that's “real deterrence” when confronting a perp with a firearm. Here in California, my local cop has a double stack semi and at least a 12 gauge (and maybe an AR-15) in his car. May not be as "civilzed" as you Europeans, but it sure is a more effective set of tools with which to deal with armed criminals. And I have a dozen assorted handguns and an AR-15 at my immediate disposal. It's sad to watch the UK sliding into oblivion with all your Muzzies coupled with no means of effective personal protection. My forbearers came from there.
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1—Guns are not banned in the UK.
2—Muslims make up 4% of the UK population.
3—UK murders and violent crime have not hit (for the public and police and politicians) such levels that we feel we need all police to be armed. The UK has 62m people, and 700-800 murders a year.