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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 417811" data-attributes="member: 6277">I really think that some police departments do go to far with military equipment and really should not have it.BUT and this is a big butI do believe there are some communities that do need a stronger stance from their police. Communities that have a major drug problem (Ones where the cartels or major distributors are based) These guys sometimes are at war with these gangs. The bad guys are armed with state of the art fully automatic weapons that no amount of laws are going to take away. It is a tricky question and it really needs to be on a as needed basis. My little sleepy town does not need this type of equipment. The next town over which is the capital city of Alabama does need it. There are areas 3 blocks from the police department that they will not go into without at least 3 cars and air support.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 417811, member: 6277"] I really think that some police departments do go to far with military equipment and really should not have it. [SIZE=5][B]BUT and this is a big but [/B][/SIZE] I do believe there are some communities that do need a stronger stance from their police. Communities that have a major drug problem (Ones where the cartels or major distributors are based) These guys sometimes are at war with these gangs. The bad guys are armed with state of the art fully automatic weapons that no amount of laws are going to take away. It is a tricky question and it really needs to be on a as needed basis. My little sleepy town does not need this type of equipment. The next town over which is the capital city of Alabama does need it. There are areas 3 blocks from the police department that they will not go into without at least 3 cars and air support. [/QUOTE]

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