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"There was a time when civilians had access to and possessed greater firepower than the military. In the post Civil War West a cattle drive’s drovers likely had greater firepower than a platoon of US Cavalry. In the early 1900s civilians had access to the Remington Model 8 and Winchester 1907, both semi automatic rifles."

Yes, and we need to get back to those times and fast. Only the military and civilians should possess full auto weapons. There is no legitimate use for full auto in law enforcement. Our police are supposed to be peace officers not soldiers. The proliferation of SWAT teams using military weapons, gear and training has taken our police departments in the wrong direction. The police are at war with the people. They view every citizen as a "threat". It's simple. Arm and train a government entity as soldiers and they will make war and that is exactly what is happening.

We need to take away all military weapons from our police. We need to ban wearing any camo and black military BDU's and other gear that only a soldier would wear. The police should wear blue and blue only. The police should never have military training of any kind. They are not soldiers, they are peace officers. Soldiers kill people and break things. Peace officers keep the peace and serve the people who are the boss. We also must have a total ban on "no knock warrants". These warrants violate the Constitution in so many areas it's unthinkable how they have ever come to exist.

The starting point is the complete repeal of the NFA and the GCA. Join and donate to the NRA with the condition that this be their main focus. The NFA and GCA is the root of all gun control.