[lacrew]

Maybe its the right thing to do...maybe. But just because the local sheriff no longer has his personnel carrier, it doesn't mean these guys have given up theirs: All this is really doing is increasing the disparity in federal power vs local power...in a very literal way. How about the alphabet soup of federal agencies give up their weapons first. The disarm the locals. Check out the BLM's toys here (the same BLM that superceded the local sheriff's authority at the Bundy ranch and came within an eyelash of attacking civilians): HMMWVs, MRAPs...and the ISIS special HiLux. https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/37870/46645/50505/BPT_FinalEA-AppB-02052014.pdf

[dljordan]

” All this is really doing is increasing the disparity in federal power vs local power.”

Hows that working in Afghanistan?

[Oatka]

. . . the same BLM that superceded the local sheriff's authority at the Bundy ranch and came within an eyelash of attacking civilians

"Mr. Bundy, we're from the government, and we're here to help you."

[GingisK]

Federal agencies have always been better armed than the locals. This sort of stuff is not invincible, just problematic. It would likely give aggressors a false sense of security.