[mxfh]

As long as you allow the general public to carry firearms the police will have a hard time establish a power superiority in any stand of without the excessive use of firepower.

As this article talks about firing multiple rounds per encounter is the norm it nigh be worth pointing out that the whole German police fired less than 100 shots at person per year for the last decade. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffengebrauch_der_Polizei_i...

[branchan]

It is unfair to quote that statistic. Germany has one of the strictest gun control laws in the world and one needs to give a reason for owning a gun and self-defense is not an accepted reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_legislation_in_Germany

Given that it is harder for an individual to obtain a gun, it naturally makes it less often that the German police will need to discharge their weapon.

[andreasvc]

It seems obvious that this plays a role, but I expect a large proportion of guns to be illegally owned, so repealing the 2nd amendment won't magically solve the problem (and it seems unproductive to try either way). I think the fundamental problem is fear, whether justified or not, it's what causes cops to react with disproportional violence.

[bluedino]

Remember one of the reasons police officers are 'militarized' these days are events like the North Hollywood shootout, where cops didn't have body armor and used small-caliber revolvers. They were simply out-gunned by two bank robbers with assault rifles and 11 police officers and 7 civilians ended up getting shot.