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In the last three years four police officers were killed in the line of duty in the UK. Two by motor vehicles, one by stabbing, and one by gunshot (inside a police station). The gunshot death was the first in eight years and one of seven in the last 20 years. It happens, but it is rare.

In contrast, 44 police officers were shot and killed in 2019 in the US.

(Also, including phrases like "are you stupid" in comments just makes you look foolish)

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I was specifically responding to the idea that because guns are banned in the Europe that criminals don't have them. I know that isn't true. It is ridiculous to think so.

> (Also, including phrases like "are you stupid" in comments just makes you look foolish)

Making statements like "In Europe the risk of having someone greet you with an assault rifle is non-existent, because people just can't buy them." is stupid. Where I live (in the midlands outside of the cities) it is non-existant. In London or Manchester it is probably much higher.

Also there is no such thing as an "assault rifle". I not even into firearms and I know the term is bullshit.

> In contrast, 44 police officers were shot and killed in 2019 in the US.

Police in turn, killed about 999 people. At least about half of the victims were armed with guns* and it stands to reason that a peaceful and unarmed police would have seen even higher causalities.

* https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police...

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