They took Frankie Valli's advice

Walk like a man, he said.

Two robbers who stole over £50,000 worth of cash [and] jewellery while dressed in burkas were foiled when passers-by realised they walked like men.

And then the cops tackled them, even though the bobbies, being English, were unarmed and the robbers had shown a firearm. So, I am often asked when I write about guns, do I think American police need to be armed?

And my answer is, no, not routinely in a society governed by sane laws. But we aren't there yet.