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Not sure I agree with that. Body armour yes, that is designed to save lives, not end them. Does a patrol officer really need an ar15?You would want an AR15 and body armour as standard equipment in the states.
This is a country where people have them for home defense and can carry a concealed weapon in a super market (if you have a licence). You can legally buy a Barrett 50 sniper rifle for 11k. Why would anyone need one for garden 'plinking'. It goes through an inch of steel
It is estimated that about 80% of police officers in the US fire their pistol once on active duty. Once you go to 2 firearm incidents it becomes much more rare and almost never heard of more than 3 times.
20 years ago it was normal for a police officer in a career to never draw his weapon.
Something has clearly gone wrong in the last 20 years and it isnt the proliferation of guns. That has always been the case.