DHS buying armored cars

[August]

http://www.businessinsider.com/homel...ts-mrap-2013-3

The Department of Homeland Security has acquired 16 military-style, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles for use inside the U.S., according to an official spokesman. The MRAP, as it's known in the U.S. military, was fielded in 2007 to counter the threat of devastating roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The vehicle has been modified for use with the DHS Special Response Team — specially trained, fully armored agents dispatched during the most severe and high risk situations, according to WOAI.
"[The vehicle] is used in the execution of high-risk warrants — including drug trafficking, smuggling, and contraband," Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for DHS, told Business Insider. "We have 16 MRAPs nationwide."

A few billion bullets are one thing but armored vehicles? What's next, tanks and artillery?



Video for the reading challenged.

[Ducimus]

I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.

[yubba]

Your welcome don't forget the 50 million dollars they will give a mexican company for uniforms.

[Onkel Neal]

Oh, boy, here we go again.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Oh, boy, here we go again.

Neal, please don't hijack August's thread with Whitesnake references!

[nikimcbee]

When I saw "DHS", I thought it was Dept Human Services.


So now they can enter the Favelas, er I mean Detroit, safely.

[Oberon]

Well, they've got to get their sofas to people somehow!

http://www.dfs.co.uk/

[AVGWarhawk]

My God...16 vehicles to cover the entire country? Head for the hills. Arm yourselves. Run! Don't look back.

16 vehicles are not enough to cover Washington DC let alone the country. SWAT has special vehicles. No one says anything about that.

SWAT City of Palm Springs:



Very soon there will be Huey armed to the teeth for crowd control.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by yubba

Your welcome don't forget the 50 million dollars they will give a mexican company for uniforms.

I think they are compensated in peso.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

My God...16 vehicles to cover the entire country? Head for the hills. Arm yourselves. Run! Don't look back.

16 vehicles are not enough to cover Washington DC let alone the country. SWAT has special vehicles. No one says anything about that.

If SWAT has them why does DHS also need them?

A few billion bullets are one thing but armored vehicles? What's next, tanks and artillery?

This is outrageous, why are they buying MRAPs, why can't they just have Cadillac V-150 armoured cars like the traffic cops.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by August

If SWAT has them why does DHS also need them?

August, after 9/11 all agencies are now governed under DHS. Even the TSA checking frigging bags at the airport are part of the overall entity known as the DHS. All bodies under this umbrella of the DHS(including FEMA) have one task at hand. Protect the US and the people within the borders. This includes protection from nuts already within the borders just down the street cutting his lawn.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

August, after 9/11 all agencies are now governed under DHS. Even the TSA checking frigging bags at the airport are part of the overall entity known as the DHS. All bodies under this umbrella of the DHS(including FEMA) have one task at hand. Protect the US and the people within the borders. This includes protection from nuts already within the borders just down the street cutting his lawn.

Yeah them lawn cutters need to be eradicated!

[AVGWarhawk]

Armor vehicles have been around for decades. Used for any purpose necessary. Including the ones needing to be eradicated. I do not see a issue here.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Armor vehicles have been around for decades. Used for any purpose necessary. Including the ones needing to be eradicated. I do not see a issue here.

Drones, Police Infantry, armored vehicles, secret courts, detention without trial, warrant-less searches. Yeah you must be right, nothing to see here...