police rifles in .223 / 5.56mm?

max popenker · December 2, 2002, 02:08 AM

Hello

can anybody give me a list of some US Police depts that issue the 5.56mm/.223 rifles as a service weapons (for patrol cars, swat teams etc)

not all, just few major names will be enough

i've heard that LAPD got M16 and CAR-15, and NYPD got Mini-14... can anybody prove it? also, i've heard that some depts issue H&K G-36s. Which ones?

thanks in advance

Hkmp5sd · December 2, 2002, 03:49 AM

IIRC, LAPD purchased used M16's from the DoD and then had them converted to semi-auto only.

Although not a major agency, my local Sheriff's Department used to carry Mini-14s in patrol cars. Due to the publicity back during the assault weapon fiasco around 1990, they halted that because they feared bad publicity if the media ever got them for using an "assault weapon" on some citizen. They didn't want to be seen using the same evil rifle that the democrats were trying to ban.

Interestingly, that same agency at about the same time sold their AC556's and since they were pre-'86 models, they offered them to the public. They even ran ads in the classifieds for them.

December 2, 2002, 02:08 AM	#1
max popenker Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2002 Posts: 130	police rifles in .223 / 5.56mm? Hello can anybody give me a list of some US Police depts that issue the 5.56mm/.223 rifles as a service weapons (for patrol cars, swat teams etc) not all, just few major names will be enough i've heard that LAPD got M16 and CAR-15, and NYPD got Mini-14... can anybody prove it? also, i've heard that some depts issue H&K G-36s. Which ones? thanks in advance __________________ Signed: Maxim Popenker Modern Firearms website

December 2, 2002, 03:49 AM	#2
Hkmp5sd Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2001 Location: Winter Haven, Florida Posts: 4,303	IIRC, LAPD purchased used M16's from the DoD and then had them converted to semi-auto only. Although not a major agency, my local Sheriff's Department used to carry Mini-14s in patrol cars. Due to the publicity back during the assault weapon fiasco around 1990, they halted that because they feared bad publicity if the media ever got them for using an "assault weapon" on some citizen. They didn't want to be seen using the same evil rifle that the democrats were trying to ban. Interestingly, that same agency at about the same time sold their AC556's and since they were pre-'86 models, they offered them to the public. They even ran ads in the classifieds for them. __________________ NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Safety, Personal Protection, Range Safety Officer NRA Life Member