Comment Comment by anamax > At US airports there are also soldiers or guards carrying big scary automatic weapons in plain sightWhen I was in Frankfurt in the 80s, it looked like every airport and train policeman carried a submachine gun.In both Germany and the UK, I saw ordinary police carrying submachine guns outside the airport. (The UK surprised me.) Again, the 80s.Has that changed? (I saw a couple of Italian police outside of airports with submachine guns post-2005.)I've never seen more than a couple of automatic weapons in a US airport (and I spend way too much time in them). (BTW - M-16s aren't "big scary".)I've seen maybe 10 US police outside of airports with automatic weapons in the last 30 years.I was surprised how well armed the Indonesian airport police were in 2010. parent anamax 14 years ago
When I was in Frankfurt in the 80s, it looked like every airport and train policeman carried a submachine gun.
In both Germany and the UK, I saw ordinary police carrying submachine guns outside the airport. (The UK surprised me.) Again, the 80s.
Has that changed? (I saw a couple of Italian police outside of airports with submachine guns post-2005.)
I've never seen more than a couple of automatic weapons in a US airport (and I spend way too much time in them). (BTW - M-16s aren't "big scary".)
I've seen maybe 10 US police outside of airports with automatic weapons in the last 30 years.
I was surprised how well armed the Indonesian airport police were in 2010.