DHS buying armored cars

August · 03-05-13, 11:36 AM

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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?

AVGWarhawk · 03-05-13, 11:45 AM

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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 · 03-05-13, 11:49 AM

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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 · 03-05-13, 11:53 AM

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 · 03-05-13, 12:12 PM

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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...

AVGWarhawk · 03-05-13, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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

Drones, a new tech. What is the difference between a drone and a police helicopter? One manned, the other not. What is the point of this comment? Infantry? A bunch of cops together usually is for riots. Riots have occurred for decades. Watts comes to mind. Detention without trial. Do you have a particular case in mind? Warrant-less searches? Gone of for decades. You are painting a horse a different color. It is however the same horse.

August · 03-05-13, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Drones, a new tech. What is the difference between a drone and a police helicopter? One manned, the other not.

What is the point of this comment? Infantry? A bunch of cops together usually is for riots. Riots have occurred for decades. Watts comes to mind. Detention without trial. Do you have a particular case in mind? Warrant-less searches? Gone of for decades. You are painting a horse a different color. It is however the same horse.

Doesn't matter how long they have gotten away with it. I see it all as links in the same chain. Apparently you don't.

Betonov · 03-05-13, 12:29 PM

It's a PR stunt, like our police showed of their new water cannon and sang praises about how effective and modern we will be fighting riots....

It was used for 10 years as a mobile garden hose. Saw some action in december, used against 5 rioters.

Catfish · 03-05-13, 02:02 PM

Don't forget the estimated 30,000 drones patroling the US, in the next years

They will be used everywhere of course, not only in the US, for whatever purpose ..

There's one advantage however, with all the eMail traffic and surveillance videos to check in the US alone by NSA, CIA, FBI, whatever, there will never be unemployment again

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,282 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	It's a PR stunt, like our police showed of their new water cannon and sang praises about how effective and modern we will be fighting riots.... It was used for 10 years as a mobile garden hose. Saw some action in december, used against 5 rioters.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Don't forget the estimated 30,000 drones patroling the US, in the next years They will be used everywhere of course, not only in the US, for whatever purpose .. There's one advantage however, with all the eMail traffic and surveillance videos to check in the US alone by NSA, CIA, FBI, whatever, there will never be unemployment again