Originally Posted by aka123

Why there is no discussion about that? You know, that is not the only way to deal with things. For example the regular British polices had for long time just a batton. Well, of course US is a much more fucked up country than UK, but still..

Even not all US polices had guns back in the days, just batton, and now it is some really black and white rule that do as told or get shot. Are US polices today the sort of simpletons that they can't assess the situation? How about do as told or get battoned? Or called with names? Or else they tell your mom? There are alternatives as you can see.