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May 18 2015 09:56am
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/politics/bayonets-police-white-house/

Everything Wayne LaPierre said rang true with a vengeance
Obama is straight up coming to take the guns away in a power grab with no constitutional checks, issuing a dictatorial edict and seizing firearms

Do you think the Albuquerque PD will be the first 'from their cold dead hands'?
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May 18 2015 09:57am
Obama pandering to the right-wing conspiracy theorists... seems legit.
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May 18 2015 10:09am
"Local police can still bypass the federal restrictions and bans by buying the equipment from private sellers."


heh
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May 18 2015 10:15am
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The banned list includes: tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft.


This...doesn't seem like a bad thing. Pending the actual interpretation of "tank-like" vehicles, some riot prevention vehicles that are actually necessary might get lost over that one.
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May 18 2015 10:22am
Quote (IceMage @ May 18 2015 09:57am)
Obama pandering to the right-wing conspiracy theorists... seems legit.


The left also opposes militarization of the police, so something we can all agree on
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May 18 2015 10:25am
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The left also opposes militarization of the police, so something we can all agree on


nuh-uh, our centrist authoritarian apologist majority supports giving the thought police access to chemical weapons and orbital ion cannons
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May 18 2015 10:27am
Seems like an irrelevant law that is designed to appease the masses. I'm ok with it because it's not like the police actually use these things.
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May 18 2015 10:41am
Quote (thundercock @ May 18 2015 10:27am)
Seems like an irrelevant law that is designed to appease the masses. I'm ok with it because it's not like the police actually use these things.


Id like to keep it that way
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May 18 2015 10:47am
Obama just trying to keep military equipment in the hands of the military, which the police are not, despite them thinking otherwise.

They could join the real army where they need this stuff.

You don't need a tank to pass out tickets and shoot caged animals.
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May 18 2015 10:52am
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Obama just trying to keep military equipment in the hands of the military, which the police are not, despite them thinking otherwise.

They could join the real army where they need this stuff.

You don't need a tank to pass out tickets and shoot caged animals.



It's all for show/publicity just like the Lamborghini cop cars.

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Id like to keep it that way


National guard will still get them though and they are the ones who really crack down on people. So if you're genuinely worried about a police state, this doesn't actually do anything.
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