There you go again.
"its a website known for fear mongering for cash"
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying if you're going to make statements like this and ones where you try to justify explosive resistant armored vehicles for police us by telling me they get bomb calls (relevant use for this vehicle) "more often than I would think", then you should qualify these statements with sources. You should if you're going to demand sources from people on the opposing side of the argument anyway.
And Sonya is even worse. He's "heard from military". Okay..... Well a birdie told me that Obama is an alien and that drones are controlled by the illuminati.
With respect to California vs. Indiana, I already tried to clarify and you didn't answer my question. I would assume you'd apply your opinions to your voting rights in the state where you live. Maybe I'm wrong in that assumption, I don't know. But if you're internal justification for police having military grade weaponry is that they need it to defend against guns that aren't even legal in the state where you live, I felt it my duty to inform you as a fellow Californian that those guns are not legal here, in case you didn't already know.