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> I can attest that in most of the other countries of the world,

I'm not sure to which countries you are referring.

But in many countries around the world this problem is greatly reduced, if not eliminated only because these countries also have strict gun laws that stop this happening.

>>jussij+(OP)
It is interesting that the presence of guns is regarded as something that makes police work a lot harder and dangerous in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world, while the training of new officers is limited to weeks instead of years.

>>josefx+d9
Too me it seems a fairly logical conclusion.

A police office in the US has to assume the perpetrator will be armed with a weapon and that then leads to the 'shoot first ask questions later' approach to policing.

Alternatively, places where guns are not so prevalent means that anxiety is greatly reduced.

As an example the majority of English police (i.e. bobbies) do their patrol work while not carrying a gun.