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Originally Posted by Vlim

The problem with police forces in European countries is that they have to do a lot of loading and unloading. The guns are usually kept in lockers or arsenals outside of duty hours, so they go through a continuous cycle of loading and unloading rounds. It even puts so much strain on the firing pins (releasing after unloading) that several modern police issue guns had modified firing pins to help withstand the strain of continued dry firing.

Perhaps I'm being overly critical. The vast majority of police in the United States are not gun people and carry one only because the job requires it. Considering Europe's gun laws, I'm sure that even fewer police there are gun people. I'm sure that has a bearing on the problems that police have WRT their guns.