Comments on: Armed Police and the Death Penalty http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97 Independent Survey and Polling News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TomH http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-577544 TomH Mon, 04 May 2009 00:16:42 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/?p=97#comment-577544 Hi, Can anyone point me to a publicly available dataset for UK public opinion on the death penalty? Thanks T Hi,
Can anyone point me to a publicly available dataset for UK public opinion on the death penalty?
Thanks
T

]]> By: Joe James B http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-527825 Joe James B Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:51:53 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/?p=97#comment-527825 Oh dear. I think Dorothy Ross is missing the fact that mistakes are made, and I'm not going to respond to it point by point. I thought we were going to be enlightened with some recent figures on for/against the death penalty. There seem to be none. But I would guess if it came to a referendum, it would be very close. Oh dear.
I think Dorothy Ross is missing the fact that mistakes are made, and I’m not going to respond to it point by point.
I thought we were going to be enlightened with some recent figures on for/against the death penalty. There seem to be none.

But I would guess if it came to a referendum, it would be very close.

]]> By: joe http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-527758 joe Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:14:30 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/?p=97#comment-527758 Police should never be routinely armed - they shot dead so many innocent people and always seem to have impunity. Just look what happened to JCDM. I think police should face the dead penalty for murdering innocent civilians. It is never a good idea to give police with irrational fear, weapons of human destruction otherwise you may end being shot 7 times in the head for no reason. I never trust police with guns, and I would never want them to have greater rights than an ordinary citizen. In fact the law should be tougher on police making mistakes than it should be on ordinary civilians, as police are meant to uphold the law instead of protecting themselves. Police should never be routinely armed – they shot dead so many innocent people and always seem to have impunity. Just look what happened to JCDM. I think police should face the dead penalty for murdering innocent civilians. It is never a good idea to give police with irrational fear, weapons of human destruction otherwise you may end being shot 7 times in the head for no reason. I never trust police with guns, and I would never want them to have greater rights than an ordinary citizen. In fact the law should be tougher on police making mistakes than it should be on ordinary civilians, as police are meant to uphold the law instead of protecting themselves.

]]> By: Mikey http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-146673 Mikey Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:04:29 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/?p=97#comment-146673 Armed police have already dished out the death penalty on Britain's streets. Just ask the family of Jean Charles De Menezes. Armed police have already dished out the death penalty on Britain’s streets. Just ask the family of Jean Charles De Menezes.

]]> By: Tom http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/97/comment-page-1#comment-36909 Tom Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:08:48 +0000 http://www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/?p=97#comment-36909 I think that a police officer should have the choice if or not he or she wants to be armed. If so, then they should have their wish granted. Also, I think that the public should be allowed to keep guns with less restrictions. To be fair, that would just give normal law abiding citizens a chance of defending themselves against criminals who still seem to be able to find guns despite all of the gun control laws. Why have an unarmed population who are defenseless, and their only line of hope the police, unarmed except for a few officers with guns who are to scared to fire them anyway because of fear of prosecution.... madness. I think that a police officer should have the choice if or not he or she wants to be armed. If so, then they should have their wish granted. Also, I think that the public should be allowed to keep guns with less restrictions. To be fair, that would just give normal law abiding citizens a chance of defending themselves against criminals who still seem to be able to find guns despite all of the gun control laws. Why have an unarmed population who are defenseless, and their only line of hope the police, unarmed except for a few officers with guns who are to scared to fire them anyway because of fear of prosecution…. madness.

]]>