Obama To Announce Ban On Military-Style Weapons For Local Police Departments
President Obama will announce a ban on the transfer of military-style weapons from the federal government to local police departments.
The Obama Administration’s move to ban local police departments from using federal funds to purchase military-style weaponry, the New York Times reports, will come in tandem with a report completed by a policing task force assembled late last year following the civil unrest and “militarized” police response in Ferguson, Mo.
Obama, NBC News reports, will speak from Camden, NJ, Monday and detail a host of weaponry that will be prohibited from being purchased with federal funds or provided by the federal government:
In previewing the president’s trip, the White House said that effective immediately, the federal government will no longer fund or provide armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of .50-caliber or higher, grenade launchers, bayonets or camouflage uniforms. The federal government also is exploring ways to recall prohibited equipment already distributed.
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3 responses to Obama To Announce Ban On Military-Style Weapons For Local Police Departments
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John Tarter May 18th, 2015 at 10:45
Finally, me and the President are in agreement.And local law enforcement needs to stop dressing like soldiers too, but this needs to be proposed and enforced at the local level.
greenfloyd May 18th, 2015 at 23:38
This may be the best thing Obama has done to help roll-back our Drug War insanity of the last 5 decades… still have a long way to go. Also we have to remember gangs and terrorists will continue to be heavily armed.
rg9rts May 19th, 2015 at 03:47
Means that there will be a run on MRAPS at the local armory