"Colt does not oficially want non LEO and military people owning their LEO marked firearms, presumably for liability reasons."
Maybe so, but that is NOT the reason that label is on there.
That is on there because these guns were built during the AWB and
were required to be so labeled per Federal Law, not Colt's prejudice.
That label means NOTHING after October, 2004!
Even if Colt's kept marking their rifles like that after they were no longer required by law to it still means NOTHING.
It's the same thing when you buy a box of Winchester Ranger 127gr +P+ ammo...says law enforcement only right on the box, but it most certainly is not just for cops. That's a Winchester thing, not law.
I do not give a flying rat's ass what Colt's, Ruger, or any other lib-lovin' elitist gun maker "wants" me to have or have not. I'll buy whatever I want that I can afford!
B.S. like this makes me WANT Colt's to go under. Besides, there are others (Rock River, Bushmaster) that make something just as good (if not better) and those makers ain't a bunch of holier-than-thou buttholes.
Now if you personally think you may one day get into a hassel with an imbecile in a police uniform, do what I do: do not buy anything - magazines, rifles - anything - that is marked LE only. I never have, and I never will. I'm not saying all cops will hassel you but the fact is 1) most cops ain't "gun people" and only carry one because they are required to - outside their issue sidearm and mandatory quals they could care less about guns and 2) most cops don't understand the laws they're paid to enforce.