Schools Acquire Grenade Launchers, MRAPs and Other Military Equipment - What Could Possibly Go Wrong

[GitRDun]

2. IMO

the only non-federal groups who should be able to apply for that type of equipment are national guards.

Training programs can be initiated so you don't have people pointing weapons of war at ordinary citizens. They can also be trained on WHEN this equipment should be allowed to even be present on a scene..one thing I am certain that Ferguson demonstrated is that police in fact heighten a dangerous situation when they present a militarized force.

I believe only a governor can call out the National Guard, so some racist small town sheriff can't abuse his own citizens with weapons of war. State legislators can even put legislation out there as to when this specialized equipment can appear on the streets.

I can see there might be a reasonable use for having that equipment available regionally (large scale terror attack, converting an MRAP to an ambulance that can enter and evacuate wounded from a dangerous scene (gun fight), etc.), but certainly not locally.

There does not seem to be any notion of common sense applied to these programs.