Some people believe that if a police officer carries guns, it can encourage a higher level of violence. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
In
this
day and age, in many countries the world over, violent activities have increased exponentially down to the availability of guns
. Consequently
, there has been a growing body of opinion that carrying revolvers by police
should not be allowed in that it can cause in raising the level of offensive tasks. Being a rational mind, I, however
, take issue with this
notion, for I am of the view that if a police
officer carries a gun with him, it is possible to deter offenders from committing crimes and to protect people
from a sudden attack.
Among the ratiocination to buttress my stance, the one that deals with the significance of having guns
with police
officers
as a way of preventing individuals to contemplate about doing any misdeed. In other words
, when the general public sees that police
is doing their duties on the street with shotguns they stay always alert to obey rules and regulations, bringing peace to a country. To cite an example, in Thailand, when the government allowed the country’s policemen to carry guns
all time
, the number of eve-teasings decreased by 80% in the same year. Therefore
, in order to prevent people
from committing crimes, it is inevitable to carry arms by security officers
.
Another critical rationale in reference to why police
officers
ought to carry guns
every time
is necessarily synonymous with protecting individuals from a sudden terrorist attack. That is
to say, if policemen do not carry arms with them, they cannot save the residents immediately from the terrorists. Hence
, what is the police
officers
for if the general people
do not get protection in any emergency situation? To exemplify, the duty officers
did not prevent violence in a hotel in India due to not having guns
with them, resulting in the death of 200 people
at a time
in 2010. Thus
carrying guns
is pivotal for police
so as to give protection immediately.
In conclusion, with a view to deterring people
from criminal activities and saving the innocent public from attackers, police
officers
should carry revolvers all time
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