Maverick9
Regular Member
As concerns my original post: With the proliferation of some of the more violent gangs (MS13 comes readily to mind) and the fact that many of them are armed as well or better than many police departments, I can see LEAs being permitted, under strict guidelines, to use superior firepower.
Perhaps somewhat off-topic, but the gubmint is NOT SERIOUS about gang violence. You can't convince me that IF they wanted to they couldn't go in and completely destroy these gangs. They WANT some gang activity. It keeps them employed.
It also allows them to say 'see gangs are better armed, we need mo' gunz'. So follow the motivation. Ask any SWAT member 'if you could magically get rid of all gangs and overly armed factions but YOU had to go back to wearing a 1950s cop uniform and carrying a revolver would you agree?'. NOBODY would agree to this. Trust me, they all love their gear too much.
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