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the AR buying spree was after the North Hollywood bank robbery and shoot out where a couple of guys with full auto AKs were out of the range of LAPD's pistols and shotguns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout

constitute murder?

...such as APCs and armored vehicles sets a militaristic attitude which, IMHO, is contrary to regular police work. I'm not happy about cops having full-auto. As I said, I think the SWAT units and regular cops should be independent and have a distinct chain of command.

Over aggressive police cops have killed numerous people and it's not a good idea to outfitting them with tanks and grenades.


It also sends the wrong message to regular civilians.

dscntnt: Here's the contradiction: .... Why are these same folks NOT making the highest priority discontinuing the supplying of civilian law enforcement with actual military weapons? This isn't standing by and accepting that a criminal can access a means to make murder easier. This IS accepting state sponsored murder.

This is your idea of a contradiction? To allow trained law enforcement to be supplied with military weapons, whether actual or offshoots? (pun intended, perfect context).
Also, your claim that supplying cops with assault rifles is state sponsored murder, is as absurd as many of the posts you make; you could say the same about any inadvertent or un-excusable death by law enforcement by any firearm.
I don't know that ordinary cops & police ordinarily carry military style firearms such as AR15s in their squad cars, tho I could be wrong (certainly not beat cops or motorcycles). I think they are used only when called for with backup bringing them when potentially needed. It's rare cops meet a situation where semi-auto termed 'assault rifles' would need be used, & carrying them makes for greater chance of being stolen.

dscntnt: I here about bans on assault weapons from pro-control folks who bother themselves to articulate or simply endorse a legislative agenda.

I here in North Carolina today. The bells hear I here. Or VV.

"I don't know that ordinary cops & police ordinarily carry military style firearms such as AR15s in their squad cars"

...in my neck of the woods typically carry and AR15 or a Ruger mini 14 in their cars.

I didn't say that.



re: "...they are used only when called for..." Agreed and I'm okay with cops carrying AR-15s and with SWAT using M-16s when needed.



re: "It's rare cops meet a situation where semi-auto termed 'assault rifles' would need be used, & carrying them makes for greater chance of being stolen." Agreed also.



re: "I here in North Carolina today. The bells hear I here. Or VV." I have no idea what that means.