POLICE STATE USA

SMALL-TOWN COPS STOCKPILING WEAPONS OF WAR

Guns go missing due to poor record-keeping, no accountability, no training

(WTVF-TV) McMinn County is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It boasts beautiful scenery, but its sheriff’s department can boast something else.

The department received more military surplus guns than any other local department in the state last year.

“We actually reconfigured the whole armory to accommodate all of this,” said Sheriff Joe Guy.

Sheriff Guy oversees 31 officers and investigators, but his department received 161 army rifles and pistols, including 71 M16 rifles and 71 .45-caliber pistols.

Police departments are acquiring major battlefield equipment that emboldens officials to strong-arm those they should be protecting. “Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare is Becoming our Reality” (Autographed) chronicles how we got to this point.

NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked, “Why does your department need all these guns?”

Sheriff Guy responded, “Well, we don’t need this many. There was a little error in the order.”

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/small-town-cops-stockpiling-weapons-of-war/#gHt9GWsyHPBlMr2R.99