>> This is a military weapon that should remain out of the hands of civilian LEOs.
Sadly, the day has come when I tend to agree with your assessment. That’s after spending most of my life very pro-Police.
Going forward, I think we’re entering a phase where the chief role of the police will not be so much to protect the law-abiding from true criminals... but rather to keep society “in line” with the zillions of intrusive “laws” that are being forced on us every day.
In other words, I welcome enforcing laws against theft, assault, vandalism, murder, and so on. Who doesn’t?
But the future is a police force that enforces laws against eating the wrong stuff, burning the wrong stuff (or too much of the “accepted” stuff), thinking the wrong thoughts about protected classes of people, gathering where you shouldn’t and speaking out, owning the wrong kind of ammo, etc. etc.
Especially as an economy deteriorates, there will arise a divide between the “haves” (increasingly, those employed by the government, including police) and the “have-nots” (private sector, earning reduced wages if they can even stay employed). This will strengthen ties between the police and the politicians that feed them.
Kind of scary, if you ask me.
As far as arming our police, I think an excellent rule of thumb would be, any weapon the police can have, a law-abiding citizen can also own.
Want to give the police automatic weapons, armored cars, RPGs, and bazookas? Fine. Then a law-abiding citizen can also own these weapons for their own use.
I want a bazooka. Since I was a child I have wanted a bazooka. Oh the things I could do, the animals I could hunt... Yes, I want, nay need a bazooka.
“Sadly, the day has come when I tend to agree with your assessment. That’s after spending most of my life very pro-Police.”
This weapon’s setup would work perfectly for SecState diplomat security OVERSEAS and I’d have no objection to it used in that capacity.
>As far as arming our police, I think an excellent rule of thumb would be, any weapon the police can have, a law-abiding citizen can also own.
I like that idea... it should apply to SWAT teams too.... mostly because I think having a full-auto P-90 would be FUN!
:)