I remember the WACO scenario well.
Now it is a stipulation that all the “excess-military style’ gear that LEOs receive from FedGov must be utilized in the manner for which it was designed within a year of the issue date or loose support funding or the equipment itself.
Do you think the local Sheriff or State police are gonna let all those guns or our new batch of hUMVEes or armored personell carrier get taken back if they dont “officially” use it?
Here is a conservative site that tracks abuses and provides legal counsel to those caught up in abuses.
Good site.