Should there be stricter limits on law enforcement weapons?

[taliv]

as for state and local LEO, i pretty much agree with the prevailing sentiment that they shouldn't be restricted and neither should civilians. HOWEVER, those restrictions, as described by rexter, exist mostly because of logistical and legal issues and not because of the gun banning movements. so if issues like GSR as described in many threads here by massad ayoob result in a dept policy that all officers use the same ammo, so be it. would be nice if reality were different, but i don't consider that infringement of rights or a 'wrong' in a galactic sense. the same is true for practical matters like not having to train armorers on 30 different makes/models of pistols, and getting a volume discount on the pistols for a dept.


i don't really think there should be any federal law enforcement. I think the Treasury, FDA, EPA, ATF, and most especially, the DEA, should all be completely disarmed. If they need to pay a visit to someone they think might be a threat, they should get an escort from the local/state LEO, from people growing a plant in their basement, right up to suspected terrorists. i think that would solve a whole lot of problems in this country.

i'll say the one exception is that every border patrol agent should have tanks, apache helicopters, harleys with dillon miniguns on each side, and sharks with lasers mounted on their heads. that would solve a whole lot more problems in this country

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

taliv, what about the FBI?

 

[taliv]

we don't need an FBI.

granted, a well-funded, centralized, specialized organization will be much more efficient than locals, in theory. however, efficiency is not more important than the rights oft infringed to achieve efficiency. If several states decided to fund a joint force to achieve the same efficiency, that'd be great, even if the feds had a hand in it. but the differences in jurisdiction, ownership, funding, and which laws were being enforced would put them less in conflict with our rights.

point being, the guys with the guns and authority would be controlled by Governors, not Presidents. and so which types of guns they get would inevitably reflect the differences in states. e.g. TN and CA LE would probably look a bit different