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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
What's that saying "Better to have it and not Need it, than need it and not Have it"
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There are limitations to that saying. Limitations like "hey, our country/state/town is deeply in debt so we should be reasonable with our purchases."
On that "need it but not have it bit", I'd like to see a report on how many times in the last 5 years the town *needed* an APC and how many times any police officer *needed* an M14 with military grade head protection - especially in a large city in North Dakota that:
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has averaged fewer than two homicides a year since 2005, and there’s not been a single international terrorism prosecution in the last decade.
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Two homicides a year in the last 6 years... yeah, that definitely demonstrates a need for a militarized police force.