Unfortunately, there’s parts of this country that are just as dangerous as Afghanistan and I would want the same gear. I get the point though, because it will be abused.
There’s a difference between a law-abiding private citizen owning said gear and a government employee drunk on power owning the same gear.
I can understand your comment, although I don’t quite agree to the severity of ‘some of these parts’
It is known that the cult leader, David Koresh, went to town regularly, yet the ATF inexplicably decided to make a full-on rush against the compound to get him for weapons violations. Likewise, Randy Weaver (Ruby Ridge) was incriminated by a plant for shortening off a shotgun, and the resulting raid ensued. The point of this is that there is too much cowboy and not enough down-home police work that actually tries to minimize the carnage.
To my mind, a hometown cop can do more with just a plain of S&W six-shot revolver than a whole company of urban SWAT wannabe soldiers driven by bravado and publicity - and just lookin’ too cool.