News Shopper readers split on arming police after officers' deaths in Manchester - have your say (From This Is Local London)

Not that it is nice to see guns, I'd prefer our servicemen and women to carry them.
We need to show that we have a zero tolerance towards criminals.

Whilst it would be better to have harsher sentences against those that endanger lives of others, I'm all for arming the police.
End of the day they are there to protect us as well as themselves.

no thanks. I'm a front line officer and certainly don't want a gun. Thing is if you point a gun you have to be prepared to take a life. And if courts can't be bothered to jail someone I'm def not going to risk killing them on the spot.

Take the Tomlinson case for example. ( im not defending any actions) but that was just a shove. imagine if he had pointed a gun and the bullet went through and hit someone else.

In the met we are meant to make a note purely for taking our baton out of its holder never mind racking it. I can't even begin to think what it would be for upholstering a gun. The rest of the world has guns and had them for years here it would be an unnecessary expense. Risk. Danger..

look at the questions that were asked about kettling protesters. You will struggle to find any sensible copper that wants a gun as part of normal duty.

All I see is the potential risk to my freedom because I would be questioned about the whys and when's using it.

it's reassuring to see the question asked. And especially the support shown from the public for the girls in Manchester. It hasn't gone unnoticed by us. Thanks

But keep the guns ta