dulwichgal Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Near Upland road/lordship lane. Does anyone know what it is? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 really? someone shot a poilceman? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-906957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbin Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Don't think so - I suspect it's just a new term for 'armed' police. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-906958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbin Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-906959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED - NAGAIUTB Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Armed Police? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-906961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I see them quite a lot now.Usually just patrolling ..... with guns :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-906964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candypants2008 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 apparently someone jump of bea court... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peckham_ryu Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 peckham_ryu Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 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 :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffler Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 peckham_ryu Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> > 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxjen Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 JohnL Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 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" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 nxjen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> JohnL Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > > 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" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-907155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kibris Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I think they came to see how the M&S is getting on and where to park when its finshed Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-909670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 "Gunned" ?Please don't - gun is a noun Armed Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-909696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 To "gun down" can be used as a verb, no?But yes as used in the OP it should be "armed" not "Gunned". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 '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'). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Do you get "gunned" Grammar Police because if so the OP has just been a victim of police brutality!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 This is much less about grammar than meaning, I certainly thought initially this was a thread about a shooting, not about armed police. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 ...and then you were massively concerned and went through a myriad of reactions before opening the post and finding out what the context was? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Penguin68 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> '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 :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 In order to get up Sydenham Hill, I gunned my engine...... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Battleships are "gunned". Perhaps the OP has Admiralty connections. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Penguin68 Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > '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 :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbin Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 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 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/76722-armed-policemen-on-lordship-lane/#findComment-910666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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