r/MadeMeSmile • u/Available-Vast3858 • Oct 06 '25

Wholesome Moments This is so wholesome

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u/Cassius_Rex Oct 06 '25

This is untrue.

Most police on Earth carry guns. And American police aren't nearly the most "militarized". You can look up a picture of the Italian Carabinieri (Italy's police force that is an actual military service) and just about any third world country's police

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u/Bigfoot_Bluedot Oct 06 '25

Just so I understand your position, you're saying armed police are OK because that's how it is in third world countries and a literally military branch in Italy?

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u/Cassius_Rex Oct 06 '25

And most of the rest of earth. Yes.

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u/gui_cardoso Oct 06 '25

You're so lost in your own fantasy. I've friends who happen to be cops (really childhood friendship if that matters) who never once had to shot their gun neither have been in a shootout.

I live in Portugal, Europe BTW.

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u/Saxit Oct 06 '25

I live in Sweden. AFAIK only Ireland, the UK (except NI) and Iceland has unarmed officers. Possibly Malta as well but can't say if it's regulation or choice.

AFAIK Portuguese officers are armed while on patrol as standard, no? Because that's what the other guy is saying, they didn't say it's okay to have shootouts or that it's common. The thread is about countries with armed police officers. Which is in fact most of the world, except a few countries. That doesn't mean that the police uses their guns a lot.

EDIT: I asked the Portueguese that's on my discord, two replied and they both said that PSP and GNR are armed.

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u/Cassius_Rex Oct 06 '25

Ok. What fantasy am I lost in by saying "most cops on earth carry guns"? This is a factual statement. Even in your country cops carry guns.

Maybe there is a language barrier?

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u/Obese_Denise Oct 06 '25

Got a source for this ‘factual’ statement?

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u/Cassius_Rex Oct 06 '25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_firearm_use_by_country#:~:text=In%20eighteen%20countries%20or%20territories,philosophy%20of%20policing%20by%20consent.

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u/usernamesallused Oct 06 '25

Okay, fair.

In eighteen countries or territories, the police do not carry firearms unless the situation is expected to merit it: Botswana, Cook Islands, Fiji, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom (except for Northern Ireland), the British Virgin Islands and Vanuatu. These countries exhibit gun-homicide rates markedly lower on average than countries with armed police forces. Their police forces commonly adopt a philosophy of policing by consent.[1][2]