The funny thing about it is, we all follow the law. They are all citizens just like me, and not involved in law enforcement in any way. I have friends that own tanks and flamethrowers, other friends that own anti-tank guns and have legal access to explosives and badass gear, you name it.
I have no mouth and i must scream am hate speech free#
So why do I own armor, night vision, black scary guns and a shit ton of other “military” type gear? Because I can.Īs a free American, I can own anything I want, including a machine gun, a silencer or even what the press calls “a tank”. Hell, I own all those items (though not, unfortunately, MRAP) as a FREE CITIZEN and I’m not even responding to riots, fighting drug cartels, gangland violence or doing much of anything cool. It’s just plain ridiculous and asinine to ask law enforcement to do such a dangerous job without those special tools at their disposal. People have been beating this drum loud lately, and frankly, I’m tired of hearing it. Those stupid “when did this become this” memes are everywhere. They talk about things like “the militarization of police” and discuss how the boys in blue “don’t really need” armored personnel carriers, rifle-protective vests, AR-15 rifles, NODS, etc. Lately, everywhere I look on social media, the news and even in public places, I hear how much people hate cops. So here goes.ĭo these cops really need to dress like an SF team? Where is the polished brass and leather? What Reeder and I (and some of the others) agreed on is that this piece would not be judged fairly by the masses if it was written by a law enforcement officer. Montgomery and Heath are cops – so is COWAN! (also former military). Although most of our writers are veterans, we have a significant number of LEOs on the team. I am not, nor do I ever think that I will be, a cop – that makes me the right guy to write it.
He and I had this conversation the other night, and I told him that I wanted to write this article. David Reeder, my boss, and editor of this site, was a cop. Hope you stay and read my thoughts about the growing public hate for law enforcement. They roll heavier than we did outside the wire downrange, they use helicopters and machine guns and militarized stuff and drive tanks into crowds, they systemically kill innocent people across the country…
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