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Offline MamaLiberty

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Very interesting. Data seems to be fairly current.

Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
http://www.shtfplan.com/militarization-by-county-via-the-law-enforcement-support-office
The following database has been made available by the Law Enforcement Support Office of the Defense Logistics Agency and shows armaments and equipment obtained by local law enforcement officials from the U.S. Military and Department of Homeland Security.

Simply choose your State and your County and you'll have complete access to see how well militarized your local and county police departments are.
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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 08:36:38 PM »
According to this, Crook County got 4 of "RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER" and 3 of "RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER".

Two or three average households probably have that.
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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 05:01:45 AM »
According to this, Crook County got 4 of "RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER" and 3 of "RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER".

Two or three average households probably have that.

Yeah, but I'll bet they paid more than that for them. :)
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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 03:28:53 PM »
I wasn't seeing any armored vehicles for Natrona.
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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2014, 05:24:42 PM »
Checking Montana,
My county, Gallitian has several .45 autos along with .556 and 7.62 rifles, Why can't I get them for that price?
Most other counties around Montana that I checked did have some firearms.
Flathead county has a mine resitant vehicle.
The real pull up to the pig trough  is Lewis and Clark county seven pages of stuff from bedsprings, nightstands, vacum cleaner.
Five pages of 7.62 rifles, I did not count how many on a page, what are they doing preparing for war?
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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 01:33:55 PM »
Might be worthwhile getting behind this bill - unless and until it get's poisoned anyway...

Short and to the point.  30 co-sponsors so far.

https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4934/text

H.R.4934 - Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Agency Demilitarization
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FEDERAL AGENCY OF
              FIREARMS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may not purchase or use a
firearm.
    (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General
shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:
            (1) Each Federal agency, including the office of Inspector
        General for the Federal agency, that has specialized units that
        receive special tactical or military-style training or use
        hard-plated body armor, shields, or helmets and that respond to
        high-risk situations that fall outside the capabilities of
        regular law enforcement officers, including any special weapons
        and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response teams, special
        events teams, special response teams, or active shooter teams.
            (2) A description of each such unit.
            (3) A description of the training and weapons of each such
        unit.
            (4) The criteria for activating each such unit and how
        often each such unit was activated for each year of the
        previous ten years.
            (5) The annual cost of equipping and operating each such
        unit.
            (6) Any other information that is relevant to understanding
        the usefulness and justification for the units.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
        meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, United
        States Code, but does not include--
                    (A) the Department of Defense;
                    (B) the Department of Justice;
                    (C) the Department of Homeland Security;
                    (D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
                    (E) the United States Capitol Police;
                    (F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
                    (G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and
                    (H) the military departments (as defined in section
                102 of title 5, United States Code).
            (2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
        1986, but does not include a silencer (as defined in section
        921 of title 18, United States Code).

SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (e); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act.
                                 <all>

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Re: Militarization By County Via The Law Enforcement Support Office
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2014, 09:48:49 AM »
I was looking around Oregon counties. Most got a few rifles, not a big deal. Josephine County got a bunch of night vision devices, I guess the cops down there like to do some varmint hunting, or maybe deer poaching. Then I got to Lane County, which is where Eugene and the University of Oregon is, land of aging hippies. Eight pages of stuff. I guess you need a lot of military Rambos to control all those flower children...  ::)
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