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Apparently most of the police do not carry guns as well. I saw that it was questioned earlier if some of the forces being used to maintain order are now carrying guns, but I don't think there was a definitive answer. The Metropolitan police might(?)

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Firearms are only carried by limited numbers of specially trained units, and will likely only be deployed if there is reason to suspect that they're going against other armed individuals. Tasers have recently been more widely issued across most forces.

Considering this whole situation was sparked off by armed police firing on a man who (apparently) hadn't fired on them, things could get real ugly if more armed police are added to the equation.

the reports I read said there was a gunfight, so I guess the police got shot at too. But that story might have changed?

The most recent reports I've seen said that two shots had been fired: one was lodged in a police radio in a police car, the other killed the suspect.

The bullet recovered from the radio matched ammunition issued to the Met., and was likely fired by them, not the suspect.

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