Posted on 10/11/2013 5:48:40 AM PDT by from occupied ga
This must be the “militia” our founders wrote of.
When Ubama declares martial law DHS will come and claim it.
I was opposed to all this arming of smaller cities and town police forces with more advanced weaponry.
I’m having second thoughts.
Yes, they will cause a lot of deaths, but for those of us who need and want real firepower, the physically closer to us that it is stored, the easier it will be to obtain.
These faux LEO’s will be just doing their job, while we will be fighting for our families, our homes, and our children’s future.
Not only will we be more determined, we are a lot smarter than the average LEO.
I know who’s side I’m betting on.
Hmm, didn’t know IEDs were a big problem in Preston, ID (population 5,204). You would think it would have made the news...
Your local LEO has been watching you and your family for years and knows about that excavated 'septic system' you were working on 12 years ago.
It isnt as bad as it appears. Having the toys isnt the most important part of the equation. Unless you know how to use them and are motivated theyll be taken away by someone(s) who do and is. Just saying...
Now they should be. Besides, you make it big enough this won't matter.
A few months ago we saw stories that they were passing these out. Many said the stories were bunk.
Wait until they start using these at DUI checkpoints.
Apparent't the stories were true. Makes you wonder what other rumored things that the government has in store for us that people are saying couldn't happen here are going to come true. Has 0bama stated his final solution to the gun owner problem yet?
"Arbeit Macht Frei"
I wonder how many of these local police forces and sheriffs departments are taking these vehicles under false pretense? DHS thinks they are getting pre-positioned assets and troops... Local LEOs are smiling pretty all the while thinking “Yeah, when your goons roll into my turf, we’re using this on you.” We may not know who’s side anyone is really on until the SHTF.
I would expect to see several privately owned mil surp bug-out vehicles in Idaho.
Who knows? I know we pushed these through the logistics process and spent billions on getting them fielded. I see no reason the military is offloading them this early. I guess we are getting our of urban warfare or at least changing theaters.
They were made to be used by the lowest common denominator in the military, they aren't that difficult to figure out very quickly, especially for a farm boy. If they can pass the civil service test to become a cop, they can pass the asvab to make it to A school to drive a buffalo.
I wish I could think like you. As an avid historian, I cannot come to that same conclusion. The jack booted thug mindset is a part of human nature. When ordered to shoot civilians the thugs will.
I offer the NPS rangers kicking people out of their homes as evidence. Those MRAP's are for killing Americans. They will have very different rules of engagement than Marines in Iraq.
Gestapo rules of engagement. And the MSM will call them heroes. Just like the Boston Marathon atrocities.
There are a lot of interesting things in Idaho beyond potatoes, but police militarization has gotten out of hand. And isolated rural inhabitants quickly become “cultists” living in “compounds,” and as we all know, that is not allowed under our Constitution.
Operating and using arent the same.
Sadly I must agree with you; history has shown your position to be the one that police have followed time and time again.
If we’re not breaking any laws, what have we to fear? (barf)
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