In the US, anyone can own a gun. Police have to perform a different risk calculus than in Europe.

Police officers are 30x more likely to be murdered in the US South than in, say, Germany.

You just changed 45x to 30x. What is the source?

	▲	echelon 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		45x included accidents. I'll compile the citations, one moment. > "From 2014 through 2023, the South region had the most line-of-duty deaths yearly compared to other regions. There was a 38% decrease in line-of-duty deaths in the region in 2023 (20 deaths) compared to 2022 (32 deaths). Last year marked the lowest number of line-of-duty deaths in the South since 2015 (19 deaths)." https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-officer... Felonious Deaths vs Accidental Deaths https://le.fbi.gov/cjis-division/cjis-link/statistics-on-law... > "A look at police crime statistics shows that fatal attacks on police officers are relatively rare. While violent acts against police officers are increasing overall—last year the statistics recorded 38,960 cases, a rise of 0.8 percent—no more than two police officers have been killed in the line of duty in any year since 2011." (Translated) https://www.bazonline.ch/die-schiessen-369707652687