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Offline Cripplecreek

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Trump plans to lift Obama-era ban on giving local police military equipment
« on: August 28, 2017, 11:30:35 am »
The Trump administration will bring back the movement of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement.

Documents obtained by Fox News reveal President Trump will sign an executive order reversing an Obama-era policy which restricted local police agencies' ability to get access to gear such as armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers and other military-grade equipment.

Trump's executive order will restore "The full scope of a longstanding program for recycling surplus, lifesaving gear from the Department of Defense."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/27/trump-plans-to-lift-obama-era-ban-on-giving-local-police-military-equipment-report-says.html

And I suppose this will suddenly become a good thing.
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Re: Trump plans to lift Obama-era ban on giving local police military equipment
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2017, 11:50:05 am »
Even at TOS this is getting slammed.

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Offline Smokin Joe

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Re: Trump plans to lift Obama-era ban on giving local police military equipment
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2017, 11:53:02 am »
Because the things we howl about when proposed by a Democrat seem to get accolades under a Republican. Hayfoot, Strawfoot, shuffling down the road to totalitarianism.
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Re: Trump plans to lift Obama-era ban on giving local police military equipment
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2017, 01:47:41 pm »
This is a bad move.  A really bad and bigly move.  Two steps forward and one step back Trump.
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Offline Fishrrman

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Re: Trump plans to lift Obama-era ban on giving local police military equipment
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2017, 10:47:52 pm »
The way certain parts of the country are goin', the time will come when the police will have to "take sides", either with the left or the right.

Hopefully, it will be the right.

At which time, they're gonna NEED the military stuff, if only to fight side-by-side by the National Guard (who will also be forced to choose to which side they will align...).
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