do you know how many times a day police departments run into average american citizens armed better than afghan jihadis? people on gfy post all the time ridiculous stories of them and their machine guns.
US gun culture is in part responsible for the militarization of their country and that's a simple fact.
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It's a convenient incident to use, that's nearly 15 years ago without anything such as that taking place since. We've had mass killings in schools with well-armed individuals, but nothing like those two, that day in 97.
Giving police military grade gear, armored tanks with turrets, drones, vests and helmets to withstand battlefield munitions, is frightening. The city of New York has the ability to down an airliner now for christ's sake.
The budget from year to year is increasing, which means more local departments will see this type of gear, and better. These are scary times, scary, scary times.
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