Mapping the Spread of the Military's Surplus Gear

Feuer Frei! · 08-15-14, 07:46 PM

The data is broken down by county.

Nice interactive tool:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=1

Gerald · 08-15-14, 07:53 PM

I read this page just a few hours ago, and it is relatively detailed.

Rockstar · 08-15-14, 10:02 PM

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Feuer Frei! · 08-16-14, 06:07 AM

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Jimbuna · 08-16-14, 07:12 AM

Would like to see a UK version if just to remember what we used to have.

Oberon · 08-16-14, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Would like to see a UK version if just to remember what we used to have.

Jimbuna · 08-16-14, 09:40 AM

^LOL

If that failed...

Armistead · 08-16-14, 10:55 AM

Geesh, seems in our small county of about 6 small cities got a assault rifle for every field officer.

Police are getting scary. I may have mentioned once that in the middle of the night I heard what I thought was someone kicking in my front door. I woke up in a daze, got my shotgun and came into the living room to what sounded like someone trying to get through the door. I even lifted the gun to get ready to shoot. I finally heard someone yelling police dept...so I looked out the window to see about 6 cops out there, many in full military gear. I turned on outside light and told them I was putting my gun down...only to hear yelling "he has a gun." I damned near thought I better duck....I even said....no need to shoot. My dogs were going nuts, didn't want them shot either. I open the door, but not locked iron bar door and the cop told me to keep my hands up and tried to come in jerking on the storm. Told him let me put my dogs up....got a big NO to stay where I was. I had at least two guns pointed my direction. Heck, I was in my underwear, told wife and kid to stay in the back...The cop said a 911 call came from the house. I told him not to my knowledge. I asked wife and son to come out and they didn't know anything. They wanted to come in and I told them we didn't call, nothing to do here. My wife and son both were questioned through the storm door. They even asked to search the house, in which I told them no....Seems they couldn't accept a mistake was made. They finally left.

I checked our phone records with company and there was no call made from our house to 911.

I almost dread to think what would've happened had they decided to rush through the door while I was standing there in my underwear with a shotgun.

Gerald · 08-16-14, 11:16 AM

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Hello.

Schroeder · 08-16-14, 01:49 PM

@Armistead

I think if I were a cop in a nation in which every retard can have a gun I would be double cautious too and have some armed backup training their guns on anything that moves inside a suspect's house. At that point their info was that an emergency had happened at your house and that can mean anything. So while it was definitely a situation in which I had filled my pants and feared for my life I can't really blame them. They have to face that every day. Every emergency they get called to can involve a guy pulling a gun and shooting at them. So it's natural that they want to be prepared and have their guns ready. They have to do that for decades and it only takes one moment of dropping their guard to get a bullet.
Seriously I could imagine that weapon availability in the US and police brutality correlate.

Wolferz · 08-16-14, 02:17 PM

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That's a funny looking Cricket bat there Jim.

Jimbuna · 08-17-14, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

That's a funny looking Cricket bat there Jim.

Aye, that's the one I was initially issued with but the last few years the issued kit was the US style carbon baton:

My personal favourite (you usually got them by 'stealth' means) was the extendable version which was easily concealed:

Aktungbby · 08-17-14, 12:45 PM

^NICE! still carrying those two along with the pepper spray-and that's just the 'weak side'!?

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"— After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri.

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The public has absorbed images of heavily armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. Against that backdrop, Attorney General Eric Holder said that when police and citizens need to restore calm, "I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-rethinks-giving-excess-military-gear-police

Armistead · 08-17-14, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

@Armistead

I think if I were a cop in a nation in which every retard can have a gun I would be double cautious too and have some armed backup training their guns on anything that moves inside a suspect's house. At that point their info was that an emergency had happened at your house and that can mean anything. So while it was definitely a situation in which I had filled my pants and feared for my life I can't really blame them. They have to face that every day. Every emergency they get called to can involve a guy pulling a gun and shooting at them. So it's natural that they want to be prepared and have their guns ready. They have to do that for decades and it only takes one moment of dropping their guard to get a bullet.
Seriously I could imagine that weapon availability in the US and police brutality correlate.

Yea, that's why they should show up at the right house....I always wondered who really needed the help

Catfish · 08-17-14, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

... I almost dread to think what would've happened had they decided to rush through the door while I was standing there in my underwear with a shotgun.

Just never look like a wedding party, the drone will not ask you questions.
Of course, you'd be just collateral damage. You know, all in best intentions.

08-15-14, 07:46 PM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Mapping the Spread of the Military's Surplus Gear The data is broken down by county. Nice interactive tool: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=1 __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Would like to see a UK version if just to remember what we used to have. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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08-16-14, 10:55 AM	#8
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Geesh, seems in our small county of about 6 small cities got a assault rifle for every field officer. Police are getting scary. I may have mentioned once that in the middle of the night I heard what I thought was someone kicking in my front door. I woke up in a daze, got my shotgun and came into the living room to what sounded like someone trying to get through the door. I even lifted the gun to get ready to shoot. I finally heard someone yelling police dept...so I looked out the window to see about 6 cops out there, many in full military gear. I turned on outside light and told them I was putting my gun down...only to hear yelling "he has a gun." I damned near thought I better duck....I even said....no need to shoot. My dogs were going nuts, didn't want them shot either. I open the door, but not locked iron bar door and the cop told me to keep my hands up and tried to come in jerking on the storm. Told him let me put my dogs up....got a big NO to stay where I was. I had at least two guns pointed my direction. Heck, I was in my underwear, told wife and kid to stay in the back...The cop said a 911 call came from the house. I told him not to my knowledge. I asked wife and son to come out and they didn't know anything. They wanted to come in and I told them we didn't call, nothing to do here. My wife and son both were questioned through the storm door. They even asked to search the house, in which I told them no....Seems they couldn't accept a mistake was made. They finally left. I checked our phone records with company and there was no call made from our house to 911. I almost dread to think what would've happened had they decided to rush through the door while I was standing there in my underwear with a shotgun. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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08-16-14, 01:49 PM	#10
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	@Armistead I think if I were a cop in a nation in which every retard can have a gun I would be double cautious too and have some armed backup training their guns on anything that moves inside a suspect's house. At that point their info was that an emergency had happened at your house and that can mean anything. So while it was definitely a situation in which I had filled my pants and feared for my life I can't really blame them. They have to face that every day. Every emergency they get called to can involve a guy pulling a gun and shooting at them. So it's natural that they want to be prepared and have their guns ready. They have to do that for decades and it only takes one moment of dropping their guard to get a bullet. Seriously I could imagine that weapon availability in the US and police brutality correlate. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.