Statistically, you're in much greater danger from faux soldier “police” than you are from terrorists.
But, hey, if your fear of despotic Islamofascists makes you believe that adopting their approach to government is the right thing for America, may your chains sit lightly upon you.
Oh what the heck:
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
Funny because those in Beslan I bet were saying the same thing on their first day of school.
You know damn well that if the cops never trained for this situation and your family was in need of help you would be complaining about these cops yet again for not doing anything, or not knowing what to do.
It’s called training. It’s what we did in the military and other agencies do the same thing.
Fwiw, Doraville has a very interesting grass roots mosque that just started up in a residential area with no zoning approvals, did a lot of construction with no permits, etc. Some of the neighbors aren’t very happy about it.
This cannot be stated often or loudly enough. Risk is about likelihood and consequence. The risk of being killed or having my life destroyed by the consequences of an encounter with overzealous militarized law enforcement is FAR greater than the chance of terrorists ever conducting any sort of operation in my extremely rural area. Defunding them, with the aim to cut police force to about half current size would be a good start.