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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

RIP to all of the Freshmen.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

May the odds be ever in their favor

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

PR rules the world. Can’t allow free speech and protest if it might draw attention.

Better to show overwhelming military force on domestic college students at the first sign of protest. Keep it from spreading.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do you think you fire the 40mm munitions out of?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Their ass? No wait, that's where their arguments for peaceful protesters being scary are being fired from!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do we think part of why this is happening is because Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are in bed with academia

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

When the university buys an f35 we can talk about it, this is small arms.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

What do they need grenade launchers for???

With a weird mind you could excuse single target weapons, but grenades? Do you want want to free some seats early?

[–] pishadoot 5 points 2 days ago

For the 40mm impact munitions in the list. Riot control gear.

"Grenade launcher" here isn't very specific. Could be like an M203 or something, which is a tube launcher that lobs 40mm rounds up to about 100m. You can absolutely get 40mm frag grenades and blow shit up, that's what most people think of when they think of a "grenade launcher," but that's not what it's on the list here. You can lob gas canisters, smoke, illumination flares, etc etc etc, just depends on what you're trying to do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Less-lethal grenades, probably.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It kind of fits SAS tactics, who often complete missions with no lethal shots. They flood areas with CS gas (using grenade launchers) then invade with gas masks.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Jesus, a fucking LRAD? Those things are NASTY

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