{"id":44599,"date":"2014-08-25T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/with-liberty-and-surplus-military-equipment-for-all.html"},"modified":"2014-08-25T08:39:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T14:39:26","slug":"with-liberty-and-surplus-military-equipment-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/with-liberty-and-surplus-military-equipment-for-all.html","title":{"rendered":"With Liberty and Surplus Military Equipment for All"},"content":{"rendered":"
I fear that Arapahoe County, Colorado, is a piker. It only picked up 171 assault rifles, 6 night vision goggles, and 1 mine-resistant vehicle. (Note that list could be county, cities in the county, and state agencies based in the county.)<\/p>\n

What I want to know is, why didn't we also pick up a grenade launcher, like JeffCo? \u00a0_We're falling behind in the Surplus Arms Race!_<\/p>\n

Drilling down to the source material, the "assault rifles" were a combo of 5.56mm (@$500) and 7.62mm (@$138). Some bipods and bayonets were also picked up, in case the nativfes get restless.<\/p>\n

That MRAV was priced at $412K.<\/p>\n

Other interesting items picked up from the Pentagon by my county included 5 "THERMOMETER, CLINICAL, HUMAN," 29 insect nets, 2 "TV, PERSONAL \/ HOME USE," 32 pieces of "RECREATIONAL & GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT," and 1 "TAPE, REFLECTIVE" (@$99.61).<\/p>\n

Think of it as a crazy garage sale.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Danial Hallock<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Military Equipment for LEOs by County<\/b>
An Interactive Map<\/i><\/p>\n

My county purchased: 178 assault rifles, 109 pistols, 11 shotguns, 3 MRAPs, 1 grenade launcher, and 1 pair of night vision goggles. Zero pieces of body armor though.<\/p>\n

Why Police "Militarization" Happens [bit.ly\/1pXPJ41<\/a>].
An Asshole Cop's OpED on Militarization\u00a0[bit.ly\/1pLbAwH<\/a>].
How Systemic Racism Affects Militarization\u00a0[bit.ly\/1uSm94c<\/a>].
Polarization & Politics\u00a0[bit.ly\/1q0CHTw<\/a> & bit.ly\/1oRz04d<\/a>].\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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What Military Gear Your Local Police Department Bought – NYTimes.com<\/a>
\n Pentagon-provided data on its equipment transfers is now posted on GitHub. \n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I fear that Arapahoe County, Colorado, is a piker. It only picked up 171 assault rifles, 6 night vision goggles, and 1 mine-resistant vehicle. (Note that list could be county, cities in the county, and state agencies based in the county.) 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