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Using the military against US citizens is such a horrendous thought, that it's explicitly outlawed. And those drones are easily armed, so if you want a comparis

Using the military against US citizens is such a horrendous thought, that it's explicitly outlawed. And those drones are easily armed, so if you want a comparison, this isn't like a manned helicopter. It's like a manned Apache helicopter, that just happens to not have a complement of Hellfire and 70mm rockets, patrolling the US skies. People would freak out if they looked up and saw that doing law enforcement duties.

freeone3000 11y ago
You mean like the https://tankandafvnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/7.jpg https://tankandafvnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/7.jpg M113s used by sheriffs?
- pc86 11y ago
  There is a difference between a military operation on US soil and civilian law enforcement using military hardware.
  - ZenoArrow 11y ago
    There's a difference in who pulls the trigger. Anything else?
    - walshemj 11y ago
      A lot more training and stricter rules of engagement - personally id prefer seal team 6 for dealing with a mass shooting incident ala Paris rather than which ever Podunk police swat team happens to be local.
- ohitsdom 11y ago
  And Americans have been extremely upset over the militarization of our police (much of which gained public exposure after Ferguson). Obama talked about it fairly regularly since then, going so far as to ban sales. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/18/obama-police-military-equipment-sales-new-jersey/27521793/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/18/obama...
grey-area 11y ago
US citizens have been assassinated recently (see The drone that killed my grandson at nytimes.com), that's not a hypothetical.
- runjake 11y ago
  > US citizens have been assassinated recently Indeed. > see the drone that killed my grandson Say what?
  - gohrt 11y ago
    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-killed-my-grandson.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-kil... The victim in the title was a US citizen, in foreign territory (Yemen) at the time of the incident.

freeone3000 11y ago

You mean like the https://tankandafvnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/7.jpg https://tankandafvnews.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/7.jpg M113s used by sheriffs?

pc86 11y ago
There is a difference between a military operation on US soil and civilian law enforcement using military hardware.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago
  There's a difference in who pulls the trigger. Anything else?
  - walshemj 11y ago
    A lot more training and stricter rules of engagement - personally id prefer seal team 6 for dealing with a mass shooting incident ala Paris rather than which ever Podunk police swat team happens to be local.
ohitsdom 11y ago
And Americans have been extremely upset over the militarization of our police (much of which gained public exposure after Ferguson). Obama talked about it fairly regularly since then, going so far as to ban sales. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/18/obama-police-military-equipment-sales-new-jersey/27521793/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/18/obama...

grey-area 11y ago

US citizens have been assassinated recently (see The drone that killed my grandson at nytimes.com), that's not a hypothetical.

runjake 11y ago
> US citizens have been assassinated recently Indeed. > see the drone that killed my grandson Say what?
- gohrt 11y ago
  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-killed-my-grandson.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-kil... The victim in the title was a US citizen, in foreign territory (Yemen) at the time of the incident.