– an armored personnel carrier with a .50 cal belt fed machine gun mounted on the front.
The Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department has acquired an armored personnel carrier complete with a turret-mounted .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun for its Special Response Team.
Sheriff Leon Lott told the Columbia State newspaper that he hoped the vehicle, named “The Peacemaker,” would let the bad guys know that his officers are serious.
How far behind can the jack boots be?
[ h/t Ken’s Weblog ]
Update: Check out the uniforms on those guys - what more do you need to see?
Pay attention folks, this is what free societies have come to.
quoted at Two-Four: “describ[ing] the efficacy of the U.S. Army M2 .50-caliber machine gun.
‘Hollywood has done this weapon a terrible injustice…To give you some idea, go stand in the middle of an average downtown city block anywhere in America and look around. You will not see a structure anywhere that can protect you from it.‘”