Lords of Death Forums Lords of Death Forums LoD General Discussion Police Armed To Deal With Libertarian "Threat"

I will be discussing the various reasons I think it's ridiculous for police to be rolling around in military grade weaponry. The crux of my argument is primarily going to revolve around comparing the economic cost to tax payers of testing, maintaining and training with such machinery with the number of times that type of machinery is actually used for the purpose it was made (ie. protection from explosive devices).