Posted on 07/08/2014 6:30:51 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
In a drastically dishonest piece prominently featured on their Facebook page, the ACLU is campaigning to have the West Springfield police stripped of their grenade launchers, which are strictly used for tear gas and smoke grenades.
Their post, however, does not mention that mention that such things could be used, and heavily implies that the police plan to shoot civilians with grenades. Further, the ad features a picture of two XM25 Grenade Launchers, which the police do not actually have. Instead, the police have M79s.
The picture leadingly asks, despite the answer being obvious: "West Springfield police have two grenade launchers- why?"
You can see the ad below:
When asked why they used pictures of grenade launchers that the police did not own, the ACLU stated that it was a "guess."
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
The writer is either assuming facts not in evidence, or is working as a propagandist for the cops. In any event, it’s a blogger I wouldn’t waste any time reading.
Give em flame throwers and real grenade launchers. It’ll match the rest of their militarization efforts.
Is this the same city where that happened?
The M79 is a 40mm grenade launcher. They can fire high explosive, canister, smoke/signalling/illumination rounds including white phosphorus, CS tear gas, a round with 48 rubber balls of .48” diameter regarded as lethal under 10 meters and ineffective over 30 meters. In Vietnam, empty cartridges were sometimes modified into “super shotgun shells”.
First, they came for the hippies... ;)
West Springfield got two grenade launchers? I guess they need itfor the Big E crowds...
I really doubt that they have 40 mm launchers. Much more likely they have 37 mm (1.5 inch) launchers designed for civilian law enforcement tear gas, baton shells, etc. They have been around since at least the 30’s.
They look like M-79s but are deliberately sub caliber so military rounds cannot be used with them. I have fired plenty of rounds with them.
Barney Frank got excited when he saw the words, “.....Strip Massachusetts Police......”
The M-79 is a real grenade launcher with a bore of 40mm the standard police teargas gun is 37mm so the ammo is not interchangeable .
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