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As US troops left Iraq, their combat gear went to police (europe.pub)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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The troop withdrawal created a ton of surplus armament. Through the so-called “1033 program,” police departments can acquire excess military gear from the Pentagon for free.

Source: https://www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-iraq-war-turbocharged-police

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mine does, redneck town, but it's all hunting style rifles and shotguns, nothing tacticool. I won't buy from big corpo, too big a pain. I just use guns.com for the most part.