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The troop withdrawal created a ton of surplus armament. Through the so-called “1033 program,” police departments can acquire excess military gear from the Pentagon for free.

Source: https://www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-iraq-war-turbocharged-police

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wal-Mart does not sell guns for the most part anymore.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mine does, redneck town, but it's all hunting style rifles and shotguns, nothing tacticool. I won't buy from big corpo, too big a pain. I just use guns.com for the most part.

[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Huh… Kinda glad! Studied a semester out there in 2019 and was really really shocked when I saw a weapon stands in almost every larger supermarket!

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What?! I've lived in gun happy states almost my whole life and have never seen guns sold in grocery stores. Walmart might be considered weird, but everywhere else is a sports store and a dedicated gun shop.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn't widespread, but I've been in gas stations in Florida that sold firearms.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

LOL WUT!? Never been anywhere that redneck and I live in the panhandle. Wonders never cease.

[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I definietly saw a gun stand in target in florida!