Think of it like this..."Travis McGee" would say (and I agree) the increasing militarization of Law Enforcement in this country is just getting worse and worse...
They know the legitimate needs of true patriots in this country, that we recognize that unequal threat...
There is a very small department in the middle of Florida and they have made very effective use of the DoD computer databases that link up with the federal LEOs. This tiny town police dept of no more than a dozen serving officers boasts twenty select fire M16's, a similar number of H&K MP5's, grenade launchers and (get this) THREE UH-1H "Huey" choppers! Why would they need all of that? Because they can get it, free. They don't have the personnel to fly or maintain the choppers but they've got the birds. Talk about militarization of the police dept! I think that one of the networks did a profile on this dept. some time ago and I'm pretty sure it was pre-911. I wonder what toys they have accrued in light of the terror threat? Because I'm pretty sure that their pre-911 aresenal was directed by the Clinton White House and the intended targets were the American People. If that is what small town America has become, I shudder to think of what could happen in the metro areas.