Pros And Cons Of Military Weapons

“The thought of military grade weapons being given to the local police is madness” (Sgt. Rob Aponte quoted in Kachmar). GIving military grade weapons to local police is not something people think about daily. Most think if there is armored cars in their village would make their village safer, but is this really the case? According to the 1033 program, which was installed in 1997, more than 4.3 billion dollars of military gear has been given to local police across the nation senes 1997 (ingraham). In 2013 alone just about a billion dollars was given to local law enforcement agencies (ingraham).The Department of Defense is selling these weapons to local police, but they shouldn’t be selling military grade weapons to untrained police officers (Ingraham). Overall, selling military grade weapons to local police forces is dangerous, excessive, and unnecessary.
From Ferguson to Baltimore police that are untrained have military grade weapons to stop civilians from rioting. The things that happened in these two cities were just the biggest incidents of the problem of having military guns in local police hands. The training that is required to use these weapons is two to three weeks (Army weapons qualification course).This training is made so not just anyone can use military grade weapons but the local police are using these weapons without training(Army weapons qualification course). The people in these town may not feel safe and they very well could be scared that the police are getting quicker ways to kill people. Even if the cops are getting this training, there is no way to know if we can trusted