both of those articles address situations outside the scenario I am outlining. In both situations a third party used this loophole to obtain weapons that were in effect not owned by the police department. In one case the weapons were stored at Blackwater's armory and were not in use by the police department and in the other the weapons were owned by officers personally, not by the department.
The state certification would be a pain, but given the cost of full autos AND the valuable training included, I think many wouldn't mind it.
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