Maggie's Farm

These weren't regular police, they were, apparently, Police community support officers, a grade of policing not present in the US and somewhere between rent-a-cops/meter maids and the regular force. Armed police response came within eight minutes.

This really illustrates the adage that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away and the need for trained, armed citizens, whether concealed or open. This particular incident has divided the conceal carry community on reddit, over the proper response since a miss with a gunshot in a crowded situation can mean innocent fatalities. The best response seems to be, if you can escape (especially with family) do so, if you're cornered (as were the people in the bars), fight with whatever is at hand, whether its a chair or a 9mm.

The readers of the news article might not, thus the clarification. Your response makes sense only if the community police were the equivalent of the regular force which they are clearly not, and there's no indication that any regular police officer fled as the blurb above implies:



Armed London police responded in eight minutes. "As of 2013, the reported national [US] average for police response time was 11 minutes." source

they're not rent a cops. they're uniformed members of the various police departments there and exactly 15 seconds on google show you that their duties did not include engaging terrorists.

so that's a presumptuous accusation of cowardice for someone who wasn't there and didn't see anything and doesn't know what their job description actually is.

whilst it is obvious that everyone at MF would bravely march to the sound of the knives, mowing down terrorists left and right, you should cut these limeys some slack.

what was it like? you where there, right? that's how you know they were cowards.

amirite?

you should ask those questions and know the answers before you accuse someone of cowardice.