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To: unclewest who wrote (340989)1/2/2010 10:49:32 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 793843
 
The federal government already has a sizable civilian police force. Almost every agency, and certainly the land management agencies like the USFS, the BLM, NPS and F&WS and others already have armed officers.

These officers are trained at Quantico and are quite capable of deadly force. Less than a year ago I stood on a mountain with two of them addressing our group. They had big leather belts containing their sidearm with two spare magazines (=almost 50 rounds), handcuffs, a flashlight, and something that was either mace or bear spray. They wore aviator sunglasses and their body language gave the impression that it would be dangerous to mess with them. They may have worn kevlar vests, but I just don't recall.

I spent my entire career working for a land management agency and saw no incident that required such an armed police force. There were a couple of murders on federal land I was aware of, which as far as I know were handled by the county sheriff.

A few days ago I received an email containing links to several "news" bulletins originating in the UK, in which the claim was made that Obama was preparing for martial law in our country. I put no particular credence on this information, but the fact that somebody felt moved to produce it in any case is telling.

One executive order and all these armed officers become part of Obama's civilian defense department, just as well-armed, just as well-funded as the military Defense Department.
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