Cops with guns

Richard Slater · 31-12-2009, 20:54

Lived near Gatwick for the last 20 years at certain times of the year and after certain incidents there were armed police with sub-machine guns (MP5's at a guess). Passing through Gatwick and there was one officer with what was probably an assault rifle (my Call of Duty eye says it looked a bit like a M16 - but I am probably wrong in that).

When did armed police start carrying assault rifles? as far as I could see he was the only one with that type of weapon, others were carrying smaller guns.

31-12-2009, 20:54	#1
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	Cops with guns Lived near Gatwick for the last 20 years at certain times of the year and after certain incidents there were armed police with sub-machine guns (MP5's at a guess). Passing through Gatwick and there was one officer with what was probably an assault rifle (my Call of Duty eye says it looked a bit like a M16 - but I am probably wrong in that). When did armed police start carrying assault rifles? as far as I could see he was the only one with that type of weapon, others were carrying smaller guns.