Brit Bobbies Lost Key to Gun Cupboard

Don’t cancel your British vacation, it was nearly a century ago when London bobbies chasing some Latvian armed robbery suspects
in London had to borrow pistols from bystanders, because the
gun cupboard
at the police station was
locked and nobody could find the key. Don’t be too hard on those Keystone Kops, though;
In 1909 there were only about 12 armed robberies a year in London, and the public had a right to carry
a gun without a license. But don’t worry. Today things are much more civilized. Now there are 12 armed robberies every couple of weeks in London, the police and
the criminals are armed to the teeth, and the average citizen is forbidden to carry a gun.