I agree with you in that part of the issue is the armed populace in the US (Australia is very much an unarmed populace, and always has been; ignore most of what you hear about the 1996 gun bans from anyone). Another part of the issue is the &#x27;us vs them&#x27; attitude that appears to be more prevalent in US policing (and in US politics in general). In contrast, the UK&#x27;s police tries to follow the Peelian Principles, which are designed to avoid the &#x27;us vs them&#x27; mentality.<p>For my money, I&#x27;d rather have a population without guns, if it means we don&#x27;t have to be scared of the people we hire to keep our cities orderly. The armed population in the US doesn&#x27;t seem to be rising up against government transgressions there any more than the unarmed population does here, so it doesn&#x27;t seem like the rationale for amendment #2 holds water.