End (Defund) the Police; The Ugly Truth

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(11-21-2021, 01:40 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Well, it ran. They eventually stopped operating it because of the high expense to maintain. The main gun had a rod in it that was locked, but removable. Joe had it out at the Yuma Proving Grounds artillery range once to demonstrate that it could work (Sheriff Joe was never a person to miss a media opportunity). So, a little more than your typical VFW piece where they remove the engine and gun except for the barrel. But your point is fair: they never actually used it. Nor do I know of any other departments which have/had an actual tank.

Then again, one might ask why the Richland County Sheriff's office requires an M-2 .50 cal machine gun:

I'm not sure where Richland Co. is, but probably the same reason Texa DPS has their armored boats equipped with machine guns.



Look, I'm not wanting to get into the weeds about the argument over militarization on the police. I think it is a problem, and don't like officers on regular patrol looking like they are about to invade Fallujah. That said, whenever I hear someone in the press talking about some police depts. having tanks, I roll my eyes and think the same thing when I hear them talk about automatic semi automatics assault weapons. They have no clue what they are talking about. I doubt that M-2 is even functional, and if it is, I cannot imagine any circumstance where they would use it simply because of over penetration. Probably up there just for the photograph