Recently had a Bobbie show up at my precinct and ask for a tour. Glad to. We ended up trading some interesting patches and hats. He was polite about looking at our guns including the AR15's but had no interest in shooting them. Still, he told hair raising stories about the criminal under ground in England having guns any time they wanted. Seems they (criminals) have a system of "rental" guns, need a gun for a stick up (?) you pay for the rental and a % of the take
He said the routine Bobbie does not have guns and he didn't think they ever would no matter what happened.