Originally Posted By: PEA_RIDGE
SO WHEN THE POLICE IN THE ARTICLE USED AN ARMOR VEHICLE TO EVACUATE CITIZENS FROM HOME NEXT TO WHERE AN ARMED GUNMAN WAS FIRING AT POLICE (OVER 500 ROUNDS FIRED), THE CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE JUST TOLD HIM TO STOP SO THEY CAN LEAVE?? THEY DO SERVE A PURPOSE AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE THEM AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT HOURS FOR SOME FED GROUP TO SHOW UP WITH ONE


I will have to agree to disagree. Because the police don't need these type weapons to do there job. They did them for decades without being armed like special forces.