> Now go outside and start pointing firearms at people or taking hostages and you will probably be getting some SWAT attention. The article from The Week has a

> Now go outside and start pointing firearms at people or taking hostages and you will probably be getting some SWAT attention. The article from The Week has a WaPo source that has more detailed data on SWAT deployments in Maryland [0]; "Since the law passed in 2009, the data have consistently shown that on average there are about 4.5 SWAT raids each day in Maryland." "• Prince George’s County alone averaged well over one SWAT raid each day in 2012 (510 in total)." "In 2012, nearly 90 percent of the SWAT raids in Maryland were to serve search warrants." "• Half the SWAT deployments in 2012 were for “Part II” crimes, the nonviolent class of crimes. The vast majority of those raids were to serve search warrants on people suspected of drug offenses." So not really a lot of "pointing firearms at people" but apparently a lot of war on drugs. Also; Around 51 deployments in Maryland didn't serve search warrants, tho it doesn't detail it further what they instead did. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/02/17/shedding-light-on-the-use-of-swat-teams/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/02/17/...