The cops justify needing that because you have an ar15.
They might not sell it, but they probably wouldn’t get funding for buying another one.
Yes, once every person in the USA voluntarily hands in every semi-auto rifle…the cops will decommission the tanks.
Sure they will, because most police forces have used them in situations that require an armored vehicle and aren’t just doing it to cosplay being the gestapo.
This is a bit more obscure than that, but mostly yes.
The real problem is that the army doesn’t want more tanks. They’ve asked congress to stop building armored vehicles. Don’t need money for tanks, want money for R&D.
Congress love building tanks because it falsely creates jobs in their districts. So more tanks. Most of these factories are located in red districts.
Too many tanks and they have to sell them. That’s how police can buy tanks.
Sell all your AR15? Most AR15 owners are in red states. There are direct correlation with voting republicans and owning firearms. So if you decide to sell you AR15 it might indicate you’d switch vote? It’s a stretch but less republicans, more jobs from other types of factories (e.g. Green energy related), less money to build tanks, less armored vehicles being auctioned off to police.
I can ask more than one question. They’re both valid.
I can ask both. I can even ask if maybe one of the reasons cops have that is that people are more heavily armed?
Boy, if I was a school shooter, I’d hate to see this thing parked up outside at a safe distance with the engine off.
Exactly. One of the big outcries to upgrade police weaponry started with the North Hollywood shootout.
Because people have ar15s
No one commonly owns AR15s in Australia. None of our cops have this stupid shit.
What’s more is thanks to the gun ban there, the black market cost for a glock handgun not counting ammunition is around $12,000 cash versus what, 10x less in the US?
Now my conservative acquaintances who adore supply-side economics should understand that increasing cost inhibits demand.
