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There weren't any "police forces" in 1776. The whole concept is relatively new in history. Not to say that there hasn't been a "high sheriff" for centuries. Especially in places under English common law.
But the militarization of crime is driving the militarization of law enforcement. And that comes from money. Profit. Pure and simple. Nothing more. The number of weirdos in crime for the power trip is vanishingly small.
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This is not accurate on the facts or conclusions.
Cops, law abiding citizens and criminals have had access to, and possession of the same classes weapons for virtually all of US history. And crime is LESS militarized than ever.
you mentioned that we don't live in the time of Barney fife anymore in a prior post. We never lived in the time of Barney Fife, unless you mean when we lived with Charles Starkwhether and Charles Whitman, an weal amount of organized and individual crime, and equal amount of per capita violent crime against citizens and cops as we have today.
Police, just like citizen victims are not killed by top of the line of legal guns today anymore than they were killed by the most current legal weapons in the past. It was extremely rare in the past and extremely rare today.
The only main difference between then and now is media amplification.
the less than half the deaths in the line of duty that is from gunfire massively dominated by standard weapons, revolvers and shotguns, and the consistent factor is surprise during a traffic stop, complaint investigation or arrest
involving a person who is already a prior criminal.
We have ranking police and rank and file police organizations attacking the second amendment. the difference between these police and the average anti gunner is that the Police actually know the problem with violence is not form legal gun owners by from prior criminals.
The ranking cops attacking the second amendment are doing so for craven political reasons. The rank and file ones doing it are doing it out of elitism.
If you want an example of the elitism look what happened in NY. The obscenely draconian law was passed. The state attorney general immediately ruled it did not apply to active cops with their issue or duty weapons. An amendment was rushed making sure retired cops could have and off duty cops could use 17 round pistols. Retired cops are not generally carrying 17 round pistols. they were afraid their own home defense weapons would not be exempted.
We are not seeing data that retired cops are in more danger at home. We are not seeing data that off duty cops are in more danger than the average citizen. We are seeing ranking and rank and file representatives one class of persons asserting special rights for their own self interests.
People with authority and power always consider themselves above the rules they wish to apply to others.