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In reply to the discussion: SPLC report: Bundy ranch standoff was highly coordinated, reflecting threat of larger far-right mili [View all]Psephos
(8,032 posts)"...assisting law enforcement at all levels means the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must put more resources into assessing the threat of domestic terrorism."
Which explains the recent requisitions of five bullets for every person in the US (1.6 billion rounds), and ongoing grants to local PDs to purchase tanks, APCs, and serious assault weaponry. Who again are they planning to use those bullets on? (The combined need of all DHS departments for training rounds is ~ 15 million rounds/year, btw. So the requisition is more than a hundred-year supply.)
We've all seen how easily the Constitution can be trampled and then used to wipe your ass as soon as the word "terrah" is invoked.
As much as I find Cliven Bundy a lunatic, I fear the firepower and non-accountability of the DHS and the amped-up local police far more.