“Officers often feel they are prey and that there’s nothing much they can do about it. We need to alter that mind-set.”Yeah, taking the paranoia and the us vs. them "Only Ones" worldview out of their community relations would be an improvement.
According to Smith, about 85% of the counts in federal indictments brought against terrorists in the U.S. relate to precursor activities, such as manufacturing silencers, failing to pay tax on explosive devices, converting semi-auto to fully automatic weapons, and illegal immigration.Now hold on just a dang minute--aside from that last part, I'm wondering who the people who ought to feel like prey are...
And research by policy wonks notwithstanding, I keep coming back to "uneducated" Muhammad and Malvo keeping an entire region of LEO's at all levels in blind, Moose-headed befuddlement for weeks. In the end, it was their own arrogance that allowed a citizen to call in their whereabouts.
[Via Carl S]
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Muhammad and Malvo could have accomplished their terror and extortion with a MUZZLELOADER. They never fired more than one shot at any location with their unmodified AR-15.
These "terrorists" who feel the need for silencers, full autos, stuff that goes boom, etc. ... where do they get that idea? Our armed forces certainly are issued all those things, and as members of the unorganized militia, we have the right to them as well. The law says otherwise, though, and who's encouraging them to break these unconstitutional laws? Federal infiltrators? Mostly.
So be careful when getting prepared that someone's not preparing you for a prison term.
Excellent point, defender- aren't most blackpowders .40-.50 and up? I've heard of experts outshooting guys with M1A's. Even a Sharp's carbine is super deadly in the right hands, from long range. Also, the FBI profile for M&Malvo was a lone white guy in a van. See, racial profiling is ok under the right circumstances!
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