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(5,829 posts) Mon May 18, 2015, 08:15 AM May 2015

Obama limiting military hardware to police departments [View all]

Obama limiting military hardware to police departments
By Jordan Fabian

Local departments will be banned from acquiring grenade launchers, tracked armored vehicles.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/242346-obama-limiting-military-hardware-to-police-departments

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KICK Cha May 2015 #1

K&R. He and Holder brought this up, post-Ferguson. n/t freshwest May 2015 #4

They did. Mahalo for the reminder, fresh! Cha May 2015 #7

They did, freswest and I sheshe2 May 2015 #39

This is good. merrily May 2015 #2

K&R! JaneyVee May 2015 #3

From the NY Times story on this... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #5

A lot of these weapons madokie May 2015 #9

OMG a "embrace a guardian mindset"? You just know the RW pundits are going to Fla Dem May 2015 #19

Interesting article on the warrior vs guardian mindset of police.... Historic NY May 2015 #24

lol that's an easy one... Volaris May 2015 #50

Thanks for that, TB! n/t freshwest May 2015 #41

I hope he takes away their new camo uniforms too GummyBearz May 2015 #6

That's a good idea, too. I wonder if these are buying from army surplus, though. We don't want MP's. freshwest May 2015 #8

Yes, the militaried equipment including the camo uniforms was the tip off that something was very jwirr May 2015 #29

I think it has been symbolic to the police officers and departments also. It says to them that they Maineman May 2015 #43

I think the primary goal was opening an untapped market for the equipment manufacturers. Thor_MN May 2015 #60

Good! PatrickforO May 2015 #10

Because our president is human iandhr May 2015 #25

Yes he does! PatrickforO May 2015 #48

Why are cops getting ANY military hardware? 99Forever May 2015 #11

+1 daleanime May 2015 #14

No kidding its a joke really...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #22

exactly... don't limit it - eliminate it tk2kewl May 2015 #23

Melt it down and turn it into bus stops and park benches. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #38

Grenade Launchers? Ahpook May 2015 #44

Used to shoot gas grenades for crowd control. malthaussen May 2015 #56

The 1033 program, Ms. Toad May 2015 #57

Why would the cops even want some of this stuff? Renew Deal May 2015 #12

Tracked armored vehicles, are you kidding!??! JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #18

nevermind the right to bear concealed weapons w/o a permit redruddyred May 2015 #31

How would you like your steak? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #32

irradiated, plz redruddyred May 2015 #35

Never lived in the snow belt, have you? jmowreader May 2015 #52

or you could use the waste radiation to heat up a frozen one redruddyred May 2015 #59

Our small city got a tracked armored vehicle and 50 guns. The closest we come to a riot is the jwirr May 2015 #33

If there is, it's probably in some small town in the middle of nowhere. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #37

Zombie outbreak, I assume OneBanana_TwoPeels May 2015 #53

He doesn't really mean it, you know. MineralMan May 2015 #13

But, But ,,,, But,,,,, Cryptoad May 2015 #15

K&R! stonecutter357 May 2015 #16

Wow- awesome! bettyellen May 2015 #17

Gosh, I don't know hootinholler May 2015 #20

It's not like the mrap is a tracked vehicle Jesus Malverde May 2015 #21

Its a start d_legendary1 May 2015 #26

a step in the right direction! Takket May 2015 #27

Yes! Mr. President! lonestarnot May 2015 #28

well done obama. redruddyred May 2015 #30

Thank you. octoberlib May 2015 #34

Like I've said before, we didn't hand over war surplus from WWII to the cops.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #36

KnR! sheshe2 May 2015 #40

KnR. Read that in the LA Times -- great news, great article. Recommended. nt Hekate May 2015 #42

Good! MoonRiver May 2015 #45

Banning grenade launchers??? rpannier May 2015 #46

They can still acquire military hardware SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #47

This is like the third thread THIS WEEK that details something remarkable that this president Number23 May 2015 #49

This is what controversy does JonLP24 May 2015 #51

So that's what he's going to use to take over Texas! treestar May 2015 #54

In his own words, mostly for image. HereSince1628 May 2015 #55

Great, K & R dreamnightwind May 2015 #58