Police rifles

Metaterra · Jan 18, 2013

I recently read a blog posting making the case that 2A exists to ensure that citizens have the right to the same weapons that the state might use against them. I find this generally persuasive. It did raise a question in my mind. Do MD state and county (and local) police use tactical rifles that are semi-automatic or are they select fire? No offense to LE officers intended - just wondering.

The posting:

http://wolffiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-crush-democrats-dumb-gun-control.html

midcountyg · Jan 18, 2013

Majority are hand down military, or new departmental, select fire. In MSPs case, department issue are select fire exmilitary rifles, but officers can carry personal semi autos after approved to do so.

Metaterra · Jan 18, 2013

Thanks. That's interesting to know. I thought the argument was a good one. Since the framers were as unlikely to propose a constitutional amendment regarding hunting as they would have been to propose one to protect farming and personal defense would have gone without saying as police forces were forty years in the future, that pretty much leaves citizen defense from the state.

FrankOceanXray · Jan 18, 2013

Some departments do have select fire. They got a sweet deal on them I'm sure. These are departmental.

To curb costs, some departments offer personal rifle programs. Those would be semi.

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