GETTY; AP Following the massacre, questions have been raisedabout how safe British streets are

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A massive four in every five Britons want new laws to give all police lethal weapons in light of the Paris terror attacks. Following the massacre that left 129 dead and hundreds more injured, questions have been raised about how safe British streets are.

The poll, carried out for ITV's This Morning, showed "the biggest responses seen in recent times" with more than 13,000 responses. But the former head of royal protection and chief superintendent of the Met Police Dai Davies said it would be a disproportionate response to arm all officers. He said: “I think it would destroy the whole concept we have of British policing. "I think it’s absolutely right that we do prepare and have the appropriate resources to respond quickly and adequately, but the thought that we are going to arm all police officers - it’s impractical, there’s 120,000.

GETTY A massive four in every five Britons want new laws to give all police lethal weapons

"And nowadays it's several weeks training it’s intensive, there are all kinds of physiological factors and the truth is many police officers I suspect wouldn’t want to carry a gun. "It is a very, very specialised role, so the answer is, quite frankly, to ensure we have sufficient capability to respond quickly". The Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has also called for more armed officers to be trained and given guns. He said the number of firearms officers in London is already under review after the killings in the French capital.

GETTY Security was ramped up for the England vs France game at Wembley earlier this week

CATERS There are forty times more officers armed in Paris than in London

Security was ramped up for the England vs France game at Wembley earlier this week. The match also showcased new hi-tech, anti-terror police, termed 'robocops', that carry "ideal" futuristic lethal weapons intended to deal with terror attacks. The response follows a similar poll this week that showed more than 72 per cent of Britons want more police to be armed. Many Britons felt that national police are "ill-equipped to keep Britain safe”.

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Britain is one of just five countries that do not have an armed police force with forty times more officers armed in Paris than in London.



Some on social media speculated that if a similar attack to Paris took place in Britain the death toll could be much larger because of ill-equipped security.



Mitch (@mitchjones1989) said: "Yes we should have armed police. What are they going to do if we are under attack? Ask them to hold on 20 minutes for armed response? Joke."



Matt Campbell (@mattcam89) added: "Number of armed police that can be mobilised within 1 hour in Paris is 120,000. The number in Britain is 6,000. We are cutting the police?!" Inspector Gadget ‏(@InspGadgetBlogs) said: "France mobilises 115,000 armed police. We don't have 115,000 operational police, 98% of what we DO have, is unarmed. Good luck Britain."