[2harddrive]

ABOUT TIME! Sell it to the Americans!!!!

[The_Media_never_lie]

The public has absorbed images of heavily armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. Against that backdrop, Attorney General Eric Holder said that when police and citizens need to restore calm, "I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message.

What rock does Gen. Holder live under?

[MichaelCorleone]

But then where will the excess military gear go to? Why, the Brownshirts, of course!

[Iron Munro]

By Monday morning the governor of Missouri will be begging the feds to give him some Abrams tanks and an F-15 squadron.

[Balding_Eagle]

We aren’t going to be able to stop the proliferation of the military weapons to local police forces.

It’s important, however, to change those things we can, and in this case one thing to change is our perception of those weapons.

We need to begin thinking of them as resources for our side, resources being maintained and fueled for us to use when they are needed.

[Dogbert41]

Yeah, keep those billions of rounds of .40 HP to the FEDs. They know how to use it!

[Yashcheritsiy]

It’s about time.

Now they just need to work on the attitudes in law enforcement that are the root problem.

[Vince Ferrer]

Good riddance to Obama’s well equipped domestic army.

[SuperLuminal]

B.S. Pure posturing...The train has left the station...

The ruling class needs well-armed Gestapo-like government organizations to maintain its tyrannical grip on the serfs...

There isn't a single politician, already elected or soon-to-be elected, who cares about restoring the freedoms of the former Constitutional Republic.

There is only one solution (besides Apophis).

[agrarianlady]

Mark Steyn makes a good point. Ferguson can afford riot gear, etc., but not dash cams?

http://www.steynonline.com/6524/cigars-but-not-close

[familyop]

No. More! More efficient weapons, gear and geardos in every jurisdiction. Raise taxes, fees and fines to make it happen! Then move them all to jurisdictions away from their homes to make it more interesting. For example, swap the Detroit police with those in Orange County, CA. Give them immunity against litigation by anyone at any price, and watch the picture show! [For the extra fun pack, issue flamethrowers to ‘em!]

[skeeter]

Send the stuff to the depts of education, interior and the IRS instead.

[bunkerhill7]

If it looks like a soldier, walks like a soldier, it`s a soldier, not a cop.

[Steve_Seattle]

I don’t recall that most libs had much of a problem with the Elian Gonzalez, Waco, and Ruby Ridge incidents.

[Yardstick]

...federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri...

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The violence of the protesters or the violence of the police?

[Slings and Arrows]

About damn time.

[gaijin]

it seems to me amazing that people believe that because Eric Holder simply states he’s reconsidering this that it means he does in fact have serious new reservations.

This is a man who believed that existing US law did give him the power to use a drone strike against a US citizen sitting in Starbucks.

It is incredible to me that people would believe that he is actually reconsidering this.

[Enterprise]

It was just a few short months ago that Federal Officers were in a standoff with supporters of Bundy. The Federal Officers killed some of Bundy's cattle, vandalized his property, and were prepared to kill American citizens because Bundy's cattle ate forbidden grass. I don't recall the liberals being overly upset about the heavily armed Federal Officers.

Fast forward to Ferguson. Heavily armed officers are present as Democrat voters engage in acts of arson and looting. And do nothing.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Rethinks? I’ve been SCREAMING against it for a decade or more.

[wardaddy]

One good thing from this race baiting media masturbation bullshit