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Police departments literally own tanks. https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/towns-dont-need-tanks-they-have-them https://www.aclu.org/news/national-secu

by cmckn 4y ago

Police departments literally own tanks. https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/towns-dont-need-tanks-they-have-them https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/towns-dont-need-... Plus things like grenade launchers are provided to police departments by the Department of Defense, at steep discounts or for free, through the 1033 Program: https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcement/Join-The-Program/ https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcem...

Alupis 4y ago
To be pedantic, that is not a tank. That is an armored personnel carrier. The article is also wrong about the military restraining from using .50 caliber machine guns on infantry... but it's very clear the person that wrote the article really doesn't know much about these things anyway. I agree the uses for a .50 caliber machine gun for policing is very, very few if any. However, .50 caliber firearms are indeed used quite often, just not automatic ones.