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The troop withdrawal created a ton of surplus armament. Through the so-called “1033 program,” police departments can acquire excess military gear from the Pentagon for free.

Source: https://www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-iraq-war-turbocharged-police

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[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Well yea, but you can buy a semi-automatic riffle on walmart and legally own a bump that makes that automatic…

I may be too european, but cops are not bastards here in Hungary…

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Wal-Mart does not sell guns for the most part anymore.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mine does, redneck town, but it's all hunting style rifles and shotguns, nothing tacticool. I won't buy from big corpo, too big a pain. I just use guns.com for the most part.

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