What is it that you “can’t” possess? ;-) Sad thing is, if the local lib politicians disallow using the equipment, what’s the point of obtaining it? Oh. Duh. Put down the rebellion by nazis, kkk and other conservative groups. ;-)
I think the surplus equipment should be available to both police and civilians. But two things standing in the way of that are the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act.
They wouldn’t need so much military gear if you’d do RICO prosecutions of the people behind the riots.
And it took an alert homeowner to find the little bas**** in his boat.
Look at the weaponry at the airports...on the streets of NY. They are not old Smith & Wesson rifles.
Spin it as: civilians should have all weapons military may possess - exactly as the Founding Fathers intended. The “letters of marque” clause of the Constitution presumed private ownership of cannon-laden battleships.
(OB nukes: per adaptation of Cooper’s Rules, and unlike most weapons, all nukes are always armed and always pointed at all innocents within blast radius, so short of extreme measures (for which no suitably rich would risk all) anyone having one may/should be immediately disarmed with extreme prejudice.)
Well, sanctuary cities need the weapons to ward off Trump’s immigration enforcers.
Timing is good. I think the preparation is good. There is a domestic terrorist group, specifically one, that would love to prey on those in a weakened state in Texas.
We are fighting a war, or about to fight one, IMO, on our own shores.
One of the purposes of this ban removal is to give the local authorities some capabilities to evacuate citizens trapped by flooding. These vehicles have large, high wheel bases that can navigate flooded roads.
They already have military gear.
Militarizing the police is a terrible idea, no matter who does it.
Bad idea.
A number of the local departments in my area got MRAPs and Humvee’s. The now sit in department parking lots with weeds growing up through them as they realized they could not afford maintenance on them.
Bad move. One of the biggest problems with Trump is that he has no respect for civil liberties or concerns about the police state.
Wars, crackdowns on civil liberties or police state measures will backfire on Trump. The populist voters who crossed over to give Trump the win do not want this, neither do Trump’s core supporters on the right.
Does the Military have any Anti-Urine Missiles?
This is a really bad idea. Military folks are taught that we don’t act against our own civilians. Cops aren’t.
Read how the Berkeley police acted this weekend and the Charlottesville VA police did a few weeks ago...
The cops are not your friends.
Cool. More stuff for a standing army. Yes, the current use of police is a standing army. We’ve allowed more leeway for our police than the brits had over us.
Thanks, Jeff! I feel safer already!
Not cool, President Trump.
This is a bad idea. They should be put up for auction for purchase by the American people. Anything left over could then be auctioned separately to the civilian police departments.