France Considers Requiring that All Local Police Carry Guns – IOTW Report

France Considers Requiring that All Local Police Carry Guns

Breitbart London: With terrorism and related violence on the rise in France, a parliamentary commission is considering a mandate that officers in all municipalities carry guns.

Quartz reports that police in France are “overwhelmed” and that French interior minister Gérard Collomb is seeking a way to alleviate some of the officers’ burden. To that end, Collomb “launched a parliamentary commission to find ways to support security forces and municipal police.”

The commission put together over 70 recommendations to aid police, one of which is arming all “municipal police” who answer to the mayors in their specific locality and who are charged with preserving public safety.  more here

9 Comments on France Considers Requiring that All Local Police Carry Guns

  1. I was part of a program when I was stationed in the UK back in the mid-70’s. I had a Berretta .380 Auto pistol and you’d be surprised what the reason was for me to be armed. The local police never knew.

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