Is it weird that I want to be a cop, but a little afraid of guns? It seems scary to carry one and even use it when it's necessary. I came across an article that stated that some countries police officers do not have to a carry a gun. I thought it was a requirement for police officers to carry a weapon to protect themselves, but that's not true in every country.These countries are Norway, New Zealand, Ireland, Iceland and Britain. In Iceland, it is legal for a citizen to carry guns and they do more than police officers. Police officers only carry guns on urgent circumstances.
Even though crime is uncommon in Iceland, it is the 15th most armed country per capita in the world. According to sociologist Oddson, he says, "Iceland's low crime rates are rooted in the country's small, homogenous, egalitarian and tightly knit society. " In Ireland, only 20 to 25 percent of Irish police officers are adequate to a carry a gun. In Britain, 82 percent of police officers do not want to be armed. Rick Noack said that "In New Zealand, about a dozen of senior police have to carry a gun nation wide."
Police officers in these countries try to use the least amount of force and are trained to do so. In Norway, police officers training lasts three years. These facts are very astonishing due to the fact that in the United States our system goes about everything differently and our crime rate is much higher.
I think it's amazing that some countries do not always carry weapons and have other ways to handle crimes and violence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/18/5-countries-where-police-officers-do-not-carry-firearms-and-it-works-well/?utm_term=.23bef5179d13
https://qz.com/727941/how-do-police-handle-violence-in-countries-where-officers-dont-carry-guns/
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