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2014-02-06 -Land of the Free

Troubling new details about the violent police raid in Iowa

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Posted by Fred 2014-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I've noticed OUR (Small town?) Police force have a smallish armored vehicle, similar to a small water fording vehicle, (Open top, tracked,)looks like it would be used storming Normandy.

I can't think of any use the would have for it. We have no swamps.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-02-06 01:21|| 2014-02-06 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 officers knew at least one person in the house had a permit to carry a firearm

The moral of the story: you own a gun, you had it coming.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-02-06 03:39|| 2014-02-06 03:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Our local constabulary bought 2 FN "sniper" rifles last year (local rag's verbiage not mine)... to "save lives during hostage situations". ...Of which there have been none.

n the other hand, they bought them just after a bill calling for the confiscation of most firearms hit the state senate. Some times 2+2 = 4... some times it equals .308

Posted by Chailet Unase8653 2014-02-06 12:58|| 2014-02-06 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 The militarization of the police for DHS is seen at big events all across the country. There is a both a surplus of war & budget cuts, with new orders one of the few successful manufacturing businesses in America.

Posted by Flaiger Uneamp8181 2014-02-06 13:16|| 2014-02-06 13:16|| Front Page Top

#5 The moral of the story: you own a gun, you had it coming.

More like - you have permission to own a gun - so you had it coming.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-02-06 13:18|| 2014-02-06 13:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Meanwhile elsewhere. Reason for Grand Juries.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-06 13:42|| 2014-02-06 13:42|| Front Page Top

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