U.S. gun legislatures make police, civilians less safe: NBC News

A wave of court-mandated rollbacks of gun regulations in the United States prevents police officers from doing their jobs properly, and makes civilians feel less safe, reported NBC News on Saturday, reported Xinhua.

"As the tide moves in the direction of more guns on the streets and fewer regulations, police chiefs are the first to point out that this trend makes their jobs more difficult and puts officers at a higher risk of injury or death," said the report.

"That danger extends to everyone in the community -- children, the elderly and passersby on the street," it noted.

Rather than reserving their firearms for the most dangerous situations, law enforcement officers now have to worry that nearly every civilian has the means to use deadly force, it said.

"Tensions will rise, and trust will decline," it added.