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Every Weapon, Armored Truck, and Plane the Pentagon Gave To Local Police

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-down-the-list dept.

v3rgEz writes You may have heard that the image-conscious Los Angeles Unified School District chose to return the grenade launchers it received from the Defense Department's surplus equipment program. You probably have not heard about some of the more obscure beneficiaries of the Pentagon giveaway, but now you can after MuckRock got the Department of Defense to release the full database, letting anyone browse what gear their local department has received.

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  1. Re:Anything sold to the police should be sold... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tanks for sale. Some even nearly affordable.

    Machine guns made before 1986 can easily be bought. Those made after require a class 3 FFL, which isn't impossible to get, but you have to follow the rules and it takes a while.

    As far as I know there is only 1 case of a legal machiene gun being used in a crime, and it was owned by a police officer.

  2. Re:Anything sold to the police should be sold... by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 5, Informative

    The police are under civil law, therefore they are "civilians" by the definition of the word.

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