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it's not just yankee states...it's happening in almost every county in Texas too...our Sheriff's dept. received a refurbished unit from the military under a DHS grant program last year. The department, consisting of 7 officers including the Sheriff, now has a Special Response Team Unit vehicle sitting in the parking lot. They didn't get it because they thought they needed one, but because the government was giving them away and "everyone else will have one".

K.Mooneyham wrote: I guess that's why they want the ones with the turret capable of mounting a machine-gun or grenade launcher. Its possible that someone is eventually not going to be able to resist the temptation to use such powerful hardware, very possibly over-reacting to something that doesn't necessitate the use of that sort of hardware. And it won't be very pretty when they do. Makes me feel a little ill thinking about it.

As has been said many times in these discussions: "Once you have a new hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail." If you've got it sitting out there, it's hard to justify the expense if you don't ever use it.