Police militarization is not because of citizens having arms. Rather, overproduction by the military trickles down into surplus sales to domestic police, and they eagerly gobble it up for various reasons such as “they like power”, “they like to feel like big men”, etc. They aren’t outgunned against anything besides a civilian uprising.
Probably one is because of the other, dontcha think?
Police militarization is not because of citizens having arms. Rather, overproduction by the military trickles down into surplus sales to domestic police, and they eagerly gobble it up for various reasons such as “they like power”, “they like to feel like big men”, etc. They aren’t outgunned against anything besides a civilian uprising.