[tanknetter]

There are some interesting things about the details here.

For instance “no APCs” means TRACKED APCs. Like M113s. wheeled APCs like MRAPs are still ok for transfer.

M113s are pretty utilitarian, have capabilities that in many cases make them
superior to MRAPs for things like disaster areas.

I see this as just like the Assault Weapon Ban. They’re going for the “ugly” stuff that scares people. Like APCs that just happen to look like tanks. Not doing anything based on actual capabilities.

[Lazamataz]

Or, it could be -- and it's much more likely -- that we are seeing a combination of malevolence and cluelessness.

Obama wishes to federalize police. So he wishes to hurt local police. However, with utterly no military or policing experience, he doesn't know how to truly do that -- and he is much to narcissistic to listen to his people who do.