[microgood]

Cops do not need this kind of firepower. Nor do we need 99% of the SWAT Teams we have now. It is really a bad trend over the last twenty years that needs to be reversed. There are over 40,000 SWAT Raids a year now, even for things like child support payments, where 20 years ago there were less than 1000.

Most cops are not very well trained to use this military equipment, and some police forces have modified their autos to only operate in single fire mode as a result. Part of the justification is that criminals are using more and more firepower, which is simply false.

[Diggity]

It’s just more bloated government waste.

This is why so many towns are starting to use traffic cams to catch traffic violations. It’s how they pay for their toys.

It’s extortion.

John

[dashing doofus]

“Nor do we need 99% of the SWAT Teams we have now. It is really a bad trend over the last twenty years that needs to be reversed. There are over 40,000 SWAT Raids a year now, even for things like child support payments, where 20 years ago there were less than 1000”

You might like this study on botched police paramilitary raids done by the Cato Institute:

http://www.cato.org/raidmap/index.php#