Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Gun Show For Cops

The Urban Shield special weapons and tactics exposition is perhaps the premier gun show for cops:

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/4/urban-shield-policemilitarizationoakland.html


and


https://www.urbanshield.org/


Take a close look. After what happened following the Boston Marathon bombing and in Ferguson, MO do we really want or need cops who are armed to the teeth with this kind of stuff?


By the way, US cops aren't the only ones getting military style equipment:


http://www.mintpressnews.com/exporting-ferguson-us-armaments-middle-east/196176/


Why should US taxpayers be arming Jordanian police?


Update: Here's a 2 1/2 minute video about the show:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/video-mother-jones-saw-kicked-swat-convention/196409/

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