UK Riots

I Say arm the police with rubber bullets and bean bag rounds. Non lethal but hurt like a motherfucker. I hear that most police officers in England don't even carry firearms? That seems crazy, but I guess not every country has the gun culture like we do here in the U.S.
 
Is it that serious?
I heard it in the news but here in germany they didn't pay so much attention and I couldn't see any pics of the desaster or what was actually going on at the time.
 
Yeah it was completely awful! I don't have a car and the trains were cancelled to the bigger cities that I live between so I've been stranded here. Looks like it's dying down now. It's one of the worst things to ever happen in this country.