Dreamer
Regular Member
All the full auto etc that the LE agencies have these days are either free or mostly paid for by federal funds. Thank O'b for his generosity with your money.
I can't speak to YOUR jurisdiction, but last year when the Greenville PD purchased 20+ new AR-15s (semi-auto) they were entirely funded by funds garnered from assetts seized in drug prosecutions. From what I understand, MOST LEAs fund new equipment this way--the Federal Asset Forfeiture program was set up a few decades ago for JUST this reason--to give LEAs a way to convert their "War on Drugs" booty into paramilitary gear. It's a strategy pretty much based on the Ollie North School of Finance.
Federal funding to LEAs primarily goes to indocrtrination, brainwashing, demonization of the Constitution, and "training"...