Britain Weighs Arming More Police
Discussion over whether to arm British police represents not just a policy debate, but a moral one
Our worldview determines a good many issues and influences almost everything we do. And a culture represents the impact of worldview and assumptions, many explicitly theological assumptions, coming right down [to] the law enforcement and the understanding of what is necessary in order to understand and restrain evil. ..
The public conversation in Britain is now turning to the fact that the defense of the public, the defense of that very community or neighborhood, now might depend upon the police being armed rather than unarmed. And in this case, that means armed with guns...
While necessary for the restraint of evil, the proliferation of firearms also serves to gage the shift of society's cultural morals. That truth is not encumbered by national boundaries; hopefully the UK will eventually realize the wisdom in our 2nd Amendment.
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