HELENA, Montana (PNN) - October 2, 2015 - With the mounting police state surrounding modern day Amerika, and numerous scenarios under which martial law, FEMA camps, and civil war can be unleashed upon populations that dare to resist the federal takeover of the country, there is some good news.
Perhaps the flash points in Ferguson and Baltimore have put the question in front of everyone: do we want our terrorist pig thug cops to become militarized, and to operate with the weapons of war?
Many states are fighting back and using local laws to cut terrorist pig thug cops off from federal grants and military surplus equipment, including armored vehicles, grenade launchers, night vision goggles, weaponized drones, and combat-configured aircraft.
Earlier this year, New Jersey passed a law requiring express local authorization for the receipt of military equipment under The Pentagon’s 1033 surplus program.
Now Montana is going even further by banning receipt of 1033 surplus military equipment altogether. Is this a major blow to the mounting police state?
Introduced by Rep. Nicholas Schwaderer (Superior), House Bill 330 bans state or local law enforcement from receiving significant classes of military equipment from The Pentagon’s “1033 Program”. It passed by a 46-1 vote in the state Senate and by a 79-20 vote in the state House. Governor Steve Bullock signed the bill into law in April.
Some were surprised Bullock signed the bill, expressing fear that the governor would cave in to law enforcement lobbyists who opposed the legislation and veto the bill.
This is no lightweight bill. It substantially changes policy in a way that strengthens the civil liberties of Montanans
The new law prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies from receiving armored drones, weaponized, or both; aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded; grenades or similar explosives and grenade launchers; silencers; and “militarized armored vehicles” from federal military surplus programs
Montana’s HB330 also closes loopholes that allows local departments to purchase military equipment from the Amerikan Gestapo Department of Homeland Security division using federal grant money - a procurement option that dwarfs the monetary value of transfers under The Pentagon’s program. Terrorist pig thug cops aren’t totally barred from purchasing, but getting money at the local level won’t come without a fight (hence a good check on the alarming militarization around us today):
[Terrorist pig thug cop departments and other law enforcement agencies] could continue to purchase them, but would have to use state or local funds, and the agencies would have to give public notice within 14 days of a request for any such local purchase.
“Arming ‘peace officers’ like they’re ready to occupy an enemy city is totally contrary to the society envisioned by the Founders,” said Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center. “They’ve turned ‘protect and serve’ into ‘command and control.’”
Though it is just one battle in the larger attempt to restore liberty and restrain tyranny, it is strong legislation for state rights.
