“I can’t imagine any use for bayonets in an urban setting,” stated Sen. Rand Paul to Senate Homeland Security Committee at a hearing last year.
“I can’t answer what a local police force would use a bayonet for,” Alan Estevez said.
Paul snapped back “None”
Rand Paul is completely correct, of course, that there is no need for bayonets in local law enforcement. Bayonets are for hand-to-hand combat in battle and the only purpose is to kill.
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They need that for when they run out of bullets
Dianne Seago we did not vote them in the elections were totally rigged
To satisfy our. C I C
Yep, after the unload their guns on innocents they might need to stab ’em, too.
As long as whatever govt has, regular Joe Citizen can have it too. I’m down with it.
Knife to a gunfight? I prefer hot lead…
Obviously, those doubting the assertion that the military has given out bayonets to local law enforcement, have not watched the video of Sen. Rand Paul in the Senate Homeland Security Committee that is attached to this article. Well how about this article?…
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/09/pentagon-will-rethink-giving-mraps-bayonets-to-police-official-says
The equipment distributed in the 1033 program is public information. Since 2006, the Pentagon has also distributed:
79,288 assault rifles
205 grenade launchers
11,959 bayonets
3,972 combat knives
$124 million worth of night-vision equipment, including night-vision sniper scopes
479 bomb detonator robots
50 airplanes, including 27 cargo transport airplanes
422 helicopters
More than $3.6 million worth of camouflage gear and other “deception equipment”
To kill the criminals who require deadly force.. Why does it matter if their shot or stabbed?
John Keene, the source was cited in the video of the hearings. Did you bother to even watch it, or do you prefer to keep your head buried in the sand?