Originally Posted by
muppetofthenorth
On a pedantic note, would the MoD have enough weapons (assume we're talking pistols here) to arm every personnel, even with the reductions?
The MoD ordered 25,000 Glock pistols, so we would have to share or something.
By way of contrast, there are over 34,000 police officers in the NYPD; I don't think they take turns with their pistols.