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"Ironically" hollow point bullets are banned for military too, yet I rather have police use those than AP rounds, which would fly through the perp, his car, his
by pandaman 9y ago
"Ironically" hollow point bullets are banned for military too, yet I rather have police use those than AP rounds, which would fly through the perp, his car, his house, his block and end up in some bystander next street over. Would you rather police use napalm (not banned for military) than teargas?
And, as the sibling said, police is not purchasing DoD equipment[1], if there is any corruption it could not be in form of kickbacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1033_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1033_program
- anigbrowl 9y agoDoD isn't the only source of equipment. All that riot gear doesn't come cheap.
- pandaman 9y agoIf you are not taking about military gear then why bring up militarization in the same context? Of course there are kickbacks in any government's procurement, even if they are just buying staplers or catering. People spending other people's money do want to be rewarded for the effort.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> If you are not taking about military gear then why bring up militarization in the same context? I would assume because actually getting surplus military gear isn't the only manner in which police departments can get more militarized.
- anigbrowl 9y agoBecause militarization doesn't only include items sourced directly from the military, it refers to the general mindset and mission of policing as well.