Discussion: Senate Will Review Military Transfers To Local Police, Key Senator Says

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Glad to know that something is being done about this, hope to never be stopped at tank-point for going 5 miles over the speed limit.

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This “outgunned by drug criminals” line is getting old. I can’t recall a gun battle between police and drug criminals in my area’s recent past just a massive increase in cheap heroin’s availability and the resulting impact on families and the community under the well-armed noses of the stealthed Barbie cops…

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Predictions on who will be the first Republican to argue that repeal of the 1033 program would be a violation of the Second Amendment?

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that’s a start

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Yep. It’s getting old because it dates back to the '80s era ‘War on Drugs’ and the '90s era ‘Tough on Crime’ bullshit. Things really started to get crazy with the '00s era ‘Small towns need to protect themselves from Al-Qaeda’ craze.

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Barney in an MRAP is way scarier than ISIL invading Mayberry (and I don’t mean the purple dinosaur for the former)

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“[The Senate] will review the so-called 1033 program under which the Pentagon transfers surplus military equipment to local law enforcement.”

Maybe Congress could investigate why the Pentagon has “surplus” equipment to begin with?

If buying more than all other nations of the world – combined – creates half a billion in “excess property” annually, then perhaps we’re buying just a tad too much.

Crazy talk, I know…

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That would require Congress to investigate itself for refusing to pass the budget cuts that the Pentagon itself has requested.