Complete and utter bullshit, it's Homeland Security aka the Feds that are the ones giving local police departments the heavy armor, L-Rads, et cetera.
I mean seriously, do you actually try to spin everything against Conservatives or are you simply regurgitating Rachel Maddow with every post? I don't watch MSNBC, CNN, or the like, but you sound like a broken record.
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And yet, the only answer is more government, bloaded government, and free handouts for everyone. Gee, you think we would be printing 5% GDP growth each quarter with these policies in place, yet all we can print is 1% after revising down from 2%, and everyone is still either underemployed or out of the workforce!
You lot are economic geniuses!
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I live in an open carry state, see people carry all the time, and have never once seen any altercations as you would describe.
In fact, open carry areas are far safer than those with total gun bans. Cities with outright gun bans typically have the highest crime rates, such as Chicago.
Moreover, my family's city of Detroit has seen a sharp reduction in crime after the cops have promoted owning firearms.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140716/METRO01/307160034
I think it's safe to say an armed society is a polite one. But don't tell that to the Democrats, they are statist control freaks.
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Your post makes absolutely no sense at all. The rioting populations generally aren't ones who give a damn about personal freedoms and firearms. Most of the rioting you see comes from a population that lives on government handouts and subsidies, or your usual leftist. And trust me, once the government can no longer fund all the entitlements people think they deserve, the handout crew will throw even more riots (which is party what Der Homeland is preparing the local police goons for).