I’m not even sure this is in dispute as it’s essentially one of the most common critiques of the use of cops there is.

It may be common, but it's misdirected. Nobody has ever actually explained who is supposed to do these things, other than "cops but with no guns," and I see no evidence that there are people lining up to take jobs as unarmed cops.

Cities tend not to function well this way. And there’s every piece of evidence that it’s not necessary. Shit. In the UK. The vast majority of cops aren’t armed.

OK but that just goes back to their original point re: the prevalence of guns in the US.

Uh. Ok.