[dsc]

“Ya except that’s pure fantasy. Criminals don’t have military weapons.”

Cartels and powerful gangs do.

“Yet even if there were crimes with full auto law enforcement would never be an appropriate use.”

So, if gangsters are armed with AKs, you’re going to send cops out to face them with .38 specials?

[precisionshootist]

The police should never have military weapons, equipment or training. That stuff is for the military. A standing army is utterly unconstitutional. The police are peace officers that should dress only in blue and possess only civilian weapons. There is no police function that cannot be done using a service sidearm, a Ruger mini 14 and a 12 gauge shotgun.

I'm tired of seeing any excuse for bringing out dozens of police armed with military weapons that are clearly trying to impersonate delta force operatives. That is a standing army, they are behaving that way and it's a clear violation of our Constitution. The United States is not a police state. Our communities and neighborhoods are not battlefields.