This will also become a major issue for law enforcement as these gang members and other extremests will have better training (and likely equipment) then the police forces in general, and also represents a serious danger to SWAT teams who are the ones called out to deal with such people. Having suspects with training at least on par with SWAT training will meen alot more casualties for SWAT teams in the future. Also this creates the possibility of more military hardware being stolen by these gangs and extremist groups. Not just assault rifles (which lets face it are fairly easy to aquire and modify to full auto fire) but machine guns, anti tank rockets, plastic explosives, stinger missles, etc.
Honestly i think the US Military needs to wake up and see the threat. But right now they are ignoring it due to their large need for recruits for present military involvement, so they take almost anyone who meets the physical requirements. They realy need to start doing background checks, and stronger psychological profiling. People with psychological problems, associations with violent groups and orginisations, or with a criminal record (particularly anything violent) should be instantly rejected. Any existing military members who also fail to meet the above requirements should be immediatly discharged.
It wont stop the problem, but at least it will slow it down some.
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