@icedquinn @teknomunk @Murray_N @freemo I don't get the phrase "militarizing the police". I don't think I'd want to live in a country where cops *can't* have guns, like in the #UK.
People should just be able to use any gun the cops can use.
@teknomunk @icedquinn @Murray_N @freemo Nah, I wanna keep the caveat that this should only apply to arms the police can use.
The police cannot use tanks or rocket launchers, for example, so it's fine if citizens cannot. What do cops need a tank for, realistically? And if a cop doesn't have a tank, the citizens don't need tanks either.
@teknomunk @icedquinn @Murray_N @freemo I think one problem with legalizing RPGs for citizens is that either a) citizens could attack law enforcement while they have no recourse for self defense due to a lack of comparable weaponry, and b) terrorists could get their hands on such a weapon and attack the government or citizens, with similar results.
Wait, I didnt know Role Playing Games were illegal!
In all seriousness though my stance is similar to yours but one step up... Any weapon allowed on US soil, to be used against US citizenry, by the government should be legal to own by a citizen.
That would mean either we would need to make it illegal to deploy the national guard against its own citizens or would need to allow US citizens to have military weapons. I'd be ok with either of these two outcomes.
I always thought it was silly when people went "The military has more weapons than you"... my response is usually "and how is that an argument to give them a bigger advantage than what they already have?"
@icedquinn @teknomunk @Murray_N @freemo Well whoever did that did it wrong, I would guess, unless there was a gun in the house.