we have the most dangerous society for the police to operate in, due to the NRA paying off the repubs to vote against common sense gun control. The more dangerous it is for cops to pull over people at night, to go to domestic disturbances to break up fights, to be called out to deal with armed intruders, carjackers and criminals in general, the more their lives are at risk due to our society being saturated with guns. Less guns, less deadly interaction. Not just between cops and criminals but between friends when arguing or married couples during arguments.
Very few cops want to shoot people, for any reason other than self preservation, but when so many people they deal with are carrying guns and could shoot them dead in mere seconds, they are a lot more likely to shoot first out of fear and apprehension....
this is how cops react when the populace is not so heavily armed-
M62 shooting: Charts show difference between police ...
www.independent.co.uk › UK › Crime
Jan 3, 2017 — According to justice charity Inquest, a total of 23 people have been killed by police in shootings in England and Wales between 2006 and 2016.