FN M249S 5.56 RIFLE - unissued - $7250

[The Heretic]

FN M249S 5.56 Rifle - Unissued for sale by Recoil Gunworks of Salem Indiana

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[Stomper]

WTF would a civil police department need these (semi-auto or otherwise) to use against citizens?

 

[Heyjoe]

Population control.

 

[308]

Because other people's money

 

[GOG]

Just the thing for a little plinking on a camping trip. It would sure tear up a can of beans, wouldn't it boys and girls?

It's just an administrative tool to keep us safe from ourselves.

 

[The Heretic]

They probably realized that they could have had a V8 (FN 240 full auto) instead.

 

[rupey7]

WTF would a civil police department need these (semi-auto or otherwise) to use against citizens?


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Probably so they could match up to what the IRS has in their lockers these days for delinquent tax payers

 

[TTSX]

They should sell it direct to me from the department for nothing. Or some other gun guy as we already paid for it. Paying twice would chap my hide.

 

[billdeserthills]

WTF would a civil police department need these (semi-auto or otherwise) to use against citizens?


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Just in case they feel the need to re-visit the Vegas shooting

 

[s1xty7]

WTF would a civil police department need these (semi-auto or otherwise) to use against citizens?

The same reason my local police department (for a town of 35,000) needs this:



And the riot shields, grenade launchers, etc they show off at our local "safety" fair.

 

[Flymph]

The different route was M203's, and seriously a better option IMHO...

 

[rupey7]

The same reason my local police department (for a town of 35,000) needs this:

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And the riot shields, grenade launchers, etc they show off at our local "safety" fair.

Now lets be fair that is clearly a rescue vehicle, it says so right on the signage . . . .

 

[The Heretic]

The same reason my local police department (for a town of 35,000) needs this:

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And the riot shields, grenade launchers, etc they show off at our local "safety" fair.

I like that it says "rescue" on the side.

I always wanted to be "rescued" by an armored vehicle.

 

[Stomper]

MRAP's can be nullified with some shall we say, "creatively camouflaged trenching"... that ignites on fire once fallen into.

 

[s1xty7]

MRAP's can be nullified with some shall we say, "creatively camouflaged trenching"... that ignites on fire once fallen into.

That approach would likely work for nearly any ground based assault, but they denied my permit to put a flammable trench around my house.

Seriously though, the guy showing off the rig to all the civilians said they like to take that thing to as many calls as possible. It was kindly donated to the department by our US government. Apparently this is something the government has done all around the country. There may well be one of them in your town too. Seems like they have been working towards militarizing our police for quite a while now. Can't have any of those citizens getting too uppity.

 

[The Heretic]

Yes, the DOD "donated" a lot of military equipment it no longer uses with certain conditions - they can't sell or give it away and they have to maintain it in operating condition. Some depts. have been trying to give the equipment back.

1033 program - Wikipedia

On one hand, it seems like a good idea to have the equipment dispersed throughout the USA just in case. OTOH, it has seemed to serve to militarize the police - give them the equipment and they will probably use it whether they need to or not - or at least it seems that the larger metro LEOs do.