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Alert reader Paul@01852 sent me a link to a list of Massachusetts towns who have acquired military grade weapons.
Some 82 local police departments in Massachusetts, many of them hamlets with little or no violent crime and no known terrorist threats, have obtained 1,068 weapons under a federal program that distributes surplus guns from the US military, records show.
As Paul said, Lowell received more M14’s (25) than any other MA police departments except Boston, Worcester and the state police. Paul also asked,
What exactly are our locals planning to do with 25 *military* weapons? Who exactly is trained in their use and what are the criteria for deploying them? Who makes the decision and when? Street sergeants? Shift commanders? Senior staff? The Super? Or worse yet are they already deployed in sector cruisers to be sued at the discretion of individual patrolmen?
I don’t like *any* of the questions never mind possible answers!!
Indeed. Is this common practice, having this many high grade military weapons in our local police arsenal? Is it really necessary?
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