the militarization of the police force is the issue here, isn't it? at a most fundamental level what's debated is if civilians and police should be demilitariz

the militarization of the police force is the issue here, isn't it? at a most fundamental level what's debated is if civilians and police should be demilitarized as much as possible or not. Who benefits and who doesn't if all legislation strives for a civic society without deadly force? that's the "Elefant in the room". The counter-argument to a demilitarized civic society usually is that you couldn't possibly control the bad guys. The empirically sound ground truth is that it takes 1-2 generations to get there, and that you will get there if only you want to get there, as a nation, as evidenced by a number of countries who wanted to essentially get rid of everyday knives and nunchucks and tonfas, let alone firearms, and who in fact essentially did get rid of them. The US, as a civic society, needs to discuss which kind of a civic society they want to be. the answer to "shall police have gun drones" flows from that. just like the answer to "shall school students need gun drills".