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by ejfox 4323 days ago
> Better dumping it on Deputy Joe than letting it rot.

This is a central assumption the DoD/Government has been making, that is turning out to be misguided if not flat-out wrong. The police in this country are not properly trained as to when to deploy this equipment, and when it's deployed, how to use it.

Just as spreading weapons of war to all parts of the middle east hasn't exactly lead to peace there, spreading weapons of war all across America will hardly lead to an orderly society. It seems like if you give men weapons, they itch to use them, or the power it gives them.

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Yeah,

> As long as Joe doesn't start getting delusions of terrorism.

...seems to be the real problem.