Armed policemen on Lordship Lane

[dulwichgal]

Near Upland road/lordship lane. Does anyone know what it is?

[Angelina]

really? someone shot a poilceman?

[robbin]

Don't think so - I suspect it's just a new term for 'armed' police.

[robbin]

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[ED - NAGAIUTB]

Armed Police?

[JohnL]

I see them quite a lot now.

Usually just patrolling ..... with guns :)

[Candypants2008]

apparently someone jump of bea court...

[peckham_ryu]

I've heard that the Met's policy is for its firearms trained officers to carry their weapon when they are working, not just when they are on an 'armed response'. So it could be you just saw a copper doing cop stuff, and he happens to be one of the firearms officers.

It used to be that coppers concealed even their truncheons and cuffs, so as not to intimidate the public. I guess they have decided the public is less intimidated by the sight of weapons in the 21st Century.

Also sorry if this sounds pedantic, but "gunned" can't be used to mean "carrying a gun" in English.

[JohnL]

peckham_ryu Wrote:

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> I've heard that the Met's policy is for its

> firearms trained officers to carry their weapon

> when they are working, not just when they are on

> an 'armed response'. So it could be you just saw a

> copper doing cop stuff, and he happens to be one

> of the firearms officers.

>

> It used to be that coppers concealed even their

> truncheons and cuffs, so as not to intimidate the

> public. I guess they have decided the public is

> less intimidated by the sight of weapons in the

> 21st Century.

>

> Also sorry if this sounds pedantic, but "gunned"

> can't be used to mean "carrying a gun" in English.

It doesn't intimidate me - it sort of makes me give them a nice smile :)

[Ruffler]

peckham_ryu Wrote:

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>

> Also sorry if this sounds pedantic, but "gunned"

> can't be used to mean "carrying a gun" in English.

^ ^ Totally agree. Maybe the OP should edit the title of his/her post? I assumed policemen had been shot when I first read it.

[nxjen]

JohnL Wrote:

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> It doesn't intimidate me - it sort of makes me

> give them a nice smile :)

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me"

[JohnL]

nxjen Wrote:

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> JohnL Wrote:

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>

> > It doesn't intimidate me - it sort of makes me

> > give them a nice smile :)

>

> "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just

> pleased to see me"

Pulls out huge Glock. "Oh OK then - it's a gun"

[kibris]

I think they came to see how the M&S is getting on and where to park when its finshed

[Curmudgeon]

"Gunned" ?

Please don't - gun is a noun

Armed

[Sue]

To "gun down" can be used as a verb, no?

But yes as used in the OP it should be "armed" not "Gunned".

[Penguin68]

'Gun Down' is an active use of the noun gun as a verb - 'gunned' would be a passive use - indeed re-casting the noun gun into an adjectival form (as 'armed' is adjectival). As 'gun down' implies that someone has been shot, so does/ should the quasi adjectival use of 'gunned' (as in 'he was gunned down').

[JimH]

Do you get "gunned" Grammar Police because if so the OP has just been a victim of police brutality!!!

[Penguin68]

This is much less about grammar than meaning, I certainly thought initially this was a thread about a shooting, not about armed police.

[JimH]

...and then you were massively concerned and went through a myriad of reactions before opening the post and finding out what the context was?

[ianr]

I think not everyone realises that they can edit the subject line of a post. If that post is the one that starts a thread, the change will then appear in the list of thread titles.

[Sue]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> 'Gun Down' is an active use of the noun gun as a

> verb - 'gunned' would be a passive use - indeed

> re-casting the noun gun into an adjectival form

> (as 'armed' is adjectival). As 'gun down' implies

> that someone has been shot, so does/ should the

> quasi adjectival use of 'gunned' (as in 'he was

> gunned down').

Sorry now I had that second can of Stella, don't understand any of that :))

[uncleglen]

In order to get up Sydenham Hill, I gunned my engine......

[Alex K]

Battleships are "gunned". Perhaps the OP has Admiralty connections.

[Sue]

Sue Wrote:

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> Penguin68 Wrote:

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> > 'Gun Down' is an active use of the noun gun as

> a

> > verb - 'gunned' would be a passive use - indeed

> > re-casting the noun gun into an adjectival form

> > (as 'armed' is adjectival). As 'gun down'

> implies

> > that someone has been shot, so does/ should the

> > quasi adjectival use of 'gunned' (as in 'he was

> > gunned down').

>

>

> Sorry now I had that second can of Stella, don't

> understand any of that :))

Completely sober and I still don't understand it :))

[robbin]

Honestly, I don't think it needs a proper or technical explanation - it should be blindingly obvious that "gunned policeman" is not a proper use of the word "gunned". I've never heard anyone ever use that term. Innit