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Old 10-04-2014, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BeamOn View Post
Ever wonder why small municipalities (say population under 50K) have SWAT teams and armored vehicles?
It seems that since 9/11 they can get all kinds of federal money to buy fancy military shit. So they do because they like to play GI Joe.

In others words it's a bloated Federal "Toys for Cops" Gimmee Program.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/feder...ols-1410884584
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