Why does the Geneva Convention forbid medics from carrying any more than the most basic of self-defense weapons?

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Why does the Geneva Convention forbid medics from carrying any more than the most basic of self-defense weapons?

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Beause it is important that medics are not seen as a threat.

A medic with a gun is someone who can shoot you, which means you might want to shoot them first.

And if *some* medics have guns then you might have to worry that *any* medic you see has a gun, even if it’s not visible. And then you might want to shoot them too.

In order for medics to do their job, people *on eithe side* have to be able to assume that the medic does not constitute a threat.