Is it time to arm the police?

[Flibb]

Also look back to The Troubles in Northern Ireland - the RUC and British Army still could not stop the attacks and the murders either.

How many attacks and murders were prevented by having armed police, impossible to come up with a number. You could expand your argument to locking your doors when you leave home, burglars still get in to houses so why bother. Leave keys in the car when you park, etc.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Nvm.

[TeePee]

I might have to be in Chicago for work for a while, less than happy when you see news like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40514995

I appreciate that the common reply is that it doesn't effect me as I'm white.

Very glad I don't have to be in the West Midlands for a while.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-40543309

[Splash]

Very glad I don't have to be in the West Midlands for a while.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-40543309

Wait... 101 shot, 15 killed in a weekend vs 4 killed in a 7 day period?

[TeePee]

Wait... 101 shot, 15 killed in a weekend vs 4 killed in a 7 day period?

Chicago has ten times the population. More interesting to me is that, while the weapons catch the blame in the US, in the UK it seems it's
'the hot weather'...

[g8ina]

OK, thats it, Im locking it, it's run it's useful course and if left, it would (has) descend into chaos.

Oh and for the record :

Chicago pop : 2,695,598
West Midlands Pop : 5,713,000

So no, not 10 times.