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Site Supporter   Location: Bellevue Joined: Tue Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 4895 Real Name: Jennifer 
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_________________ "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~ Samuel Adams "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~Tenzin Gyatso, aka His Holiness the Dalai Lama "We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves." ~ Romans 15:1 "Ils Ont Les Armes, On Les Emmerde, On A Le Champagne!"~Charlie Hebdo, November 2015 |
| Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:02 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4025 Real Name: brad aka bubba
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glockgirl wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.html Normal police gear, nothing to see here.. move along.. _________________ ALL MY FIREARMS WILL ONLY BE TRANSFERRED THROUGH I-5 Guns And Ammo (Lacey WA) |
| Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:11 pm |
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Some of the stuff in the article is totally fine, rifles and mags. Even NVGs. The armored vehicles I'm kind of torn on. It kind of makes sense since many departments are taking a more aggressive stance towards active shooters now instead of just setting up a perimeter and hoping to wait the person out. They got tired of being called cowards after Columbine. And they remember the LAPD having to borrow ARs from a gun store (even though Boxer I think it was wanted to prosecute the store and police for transferring the ARs without background checks) and armored trucks from one of the armored car companies... Wells Fargo or Loomis... one of those kind.
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Site Supporter  Location: 12 Acres in Eastern WA Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2012 Posts: 7252
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This overlooks a big point, is that a lot of this stuff the police get free via DRMO. Their budgets are razor thin, so if you see a pair of NVG, or some helmets on DRMO, it is a pretty good way to get it - free.
Our SWAT team has a Bearcat, it gets some use. They do a lot of violent suspect apprehension and serving warrants in bad areas. But your basic officer on patrol, he's got a vest and maybe a "patrol rifle" if he's lucky, otherwise a shotty. That's it. Most of the patrol rifles I have seen are ARs (semi auto), not M16s. |
| Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:24 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Logan, Utah Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2011 Posts: 4190 Real Name: Pete
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Reason being that US Law does not allow the Military to operate against US Civilians. To skirt this the .Gov has turned the Nations Police into a de facto Army......Ever wonder why the USDA has issued sub guns and body armor to its inspectors??? Like a side of beef or a chicken is going to turn rouge
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Site Supporter Location: 12 Acres in Eastern WA Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2012 Posts: 7252
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Mohawk13 wrote: Reason being that US Law does not allow the Military to operate against US Civilians. To skirt this the .Gov has turned the Nations Police into a de facto Army......Ever wonder why the USDA has issued sub guns and body armor to its inspectors??? Like a side of beef or a chicken is going to turn rouge You need to go read the thread on the secret army plans. |
| Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:00 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Piece/Clallam Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 Posts: 10661
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Anacortes Police have 3 M2 Bradleys next door
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| Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:05 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: some where Joined: Sun Apr 3, 2011 Posts: 923
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Mohawk13 wrote: Reason being that US Law does not allow the Military to operate against US Civilians. To skirt this the .Gov has turned the Nations Police into a de facto Army......Ever wonder why the USDA has issued sub guns and body armor to its inspectors??? Like a side of beef or a chicken is going to turn rouge _________________ .308, Because people hide behind cars. never_to_much wrote: Yeadon You need to change your sig line to 338 because people hide behind concrete walls. |
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