America 'Has Become a War Zone'

An anonymous reader writes, quoting Business Insider: "Eight different law enforcement agencies in Indiana have purchased massive Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAP) that were formerly used in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mark Alesia reports for the Indy Star. Pulaski County, home to 13,124 people, is one of the counties that have purchased an 55,000 pound, six-wheeled patrol vehicles, from military surplus. When asked to justify the purchase of a former military vehicle, Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer told the Indy Star: "The United States of America has become a war zone."'

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Re:War of government against people?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that the country with strict gun laws that just had a mass shooting [ctvnews.ca] where the killer was at large for several days?

I doubt anyone actually believes that strict gun laws eliminates mass shootings from occurring so you are putting words in people's mouths.

Crazy people who want to do mass murder exist. In countries with lax gun laws, all the crazies probably have access to guns and can use these extremely effective weapons to do their damage. In countries with strict gun laws, only a small portion of them will be able to use guns at all and the rest will have to resort to things like knives and insults.

Therefore strict gun laws = fewer mass shootings, not no mass shootings.

Re:War of government against people?

[DNS-and-BIND]

The US is home to the most violent at least of the more developed cultures on earth

Why don't you just come out and say "black people"? Why do you have to cloak your racism in layers of disguise?