Monday, December 5, 2011

The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To Every Police Department In The US

The US military has some of the most advanced killing equipment in the world that allows it to invade almost wherever it likes at will.

We produce so much military equipment that inventories of military robots, M-16 assault rifles, helicopters, armored vehicles, and grenade launchers eventually start to pile up and it turns a lot of these weapons are going straight to American police forces to be used against US citizens.

Benjamin Carlson at The Daily reports on a little known endeavor called the "1033 Program" that gave more than $500 million of military gear to US police in 2011 alone.

1033 was passed by Congress in 1997 to help law-enforcement fight terrorism and drugs, but despite a 40 year low in violent crime, police are snapping up hardware like never before. While this years staggering take topped the charts, next years orders are up 400 percent over the same period.

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7 comments:

  1. GunRights4USDecember 6, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    We all should understand that when you have a big hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

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  2. Rich TDecember 6, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Brock-Don't forget that PMC's will be getting this as well.

    It will be in the form of Govt property "for the performance of the contract".

    All the major security firms in Ira: SOG, Triple Canopy, & other Blackwater styles get their major expenditure equipment this way.

    They will do it to arm the reinforcements.

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  3. Brock TownsendDecember 6, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    you have a big hammer, every problem looks like a nail. :)

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  4. Walter ZoomieDecember 6, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Looks like we might be needin' us some RPGs then... :D

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  5. Brock TownsendDecember 6, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    despite a 40 year low in violent crime, police are snapping up hardware like never before. While this years staggering take topped the charts, next years orders are up 400 percent over the same period.

    Speaks clearly of their mindset.

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  6. Dedicated_DadDecember 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    One commenter elsewhere pointed out that this spread such stuff all around where it could be snapped up by FreeFor in a SHTF situation...

    My thought is that the bad-guys (with uniforms and without) will be thinking the same way...

    In ANY case, the thought of cops using .mil HW on citizens should give ANYONE pause!

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  7. Brock TownsendDecember 6, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    In ANY case, the thought of cops using .mil HW on citizens should give ANYONE pause!

    Absolutely.

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