What they do in the UK is irrelevant to the USA.
No. Because of the second amendment, and the culture in the u.s. , the citizenry is armed.
There are over 300 million firearms in the u.s. , nearly one for every person in the country. Thus the police regularly encounter armed persons.
I understand that is not true in the UK and that it is rare for a UK officer to encounter a person armed with a gun.
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