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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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Is the Prevalence of Firearms in the US Equal?

A police officer in the us is about 30 times more likely to be killed than a police officer in, say, germ so how do you consider the risk to police in that equation? Ye, whats the prevalence of firearms like in germany? Is it equivalent? Is it considerably less? And i kna, clearly, culture placeer begin pat in this nation, because of the second amendment and the amount of guns out there, you have to equip your police officers with the right tools. Unfortunately, there are just certain things about the culture of this nation and laws in this nation at it doesn't fit here.

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