Santa Rosa Sheriff buys AR15s

[donr101395]

Are we seriously complaining about an agency getting good gear at a good price? Seems a little short sighted wanting them to have inferior equipment or worse yet no equipment.


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[Dan1612]

Are we seriously complaining about an agency getting good gear at a good price? Seems a little short sighted wanting them to have inferior equipment or worse yet no equipment.


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But they’re all government shills. And they’re gonna use their suppressors as well as the night vision they just found out about, to sneak into my house, kill my dog and take my guns when Biden tells them to.
Do you not know that?

 

[Realtor]

 

[wildrider666]

Ya know, I took some time to think this post over before responding because something just didn't sit right with me, and and your post may be getting close to what that is(?).

Nothing in the government/budget world happens quickly, the SRCSO works for the government, and is on a budget. It is suspicious to me that someone found some extra money and ordered this amount of rifles in a matter days, or even weeks. Even if the money was immediately available as a windfall, I doubt any decision to buy rifles was made on a whim. Somewhere along every budget line there is a prioritized list of "needs" that have to be budgeted for, funds requested, and allocated; you never get all you want. This list includes everything from pay to patrol cars. Either rifles were at the top of that list, or deliberate actions were taken to re-rack them as a top priority.

So why now? I've lived in this area over twenty years and cannot recall any incident involving the SRCSO where rifles would have been the deciding factor, so would be curious to know the real "why" behind the purchase. If they are replacing/upgrading existing rifles, fine. If for some other reason(s), lets' hear it. If they never had rifles, and now HAVE to have them, I just don't buy recent shootings as the full/only justification. Why not in response to past mass shootings? Might as well say they're for the children. Something still doesn't sit right.

Money and budgets. I've played that game before, very successfully. You budget asking for 140%+, you get 110%+-. You buy and stock what can be used in later years if budget is cut short in the future. You spend every dime as you enter the last funding Qtr and always ask for more. There are always "sick" programs or contracts the have funding allocated but was not spent: "being ready to spend/drop doc/purchase orders" WILL obligate those funds so its not lost. The bean counters see funds not spent as a reason to cut future budgets in those areas and they do just that to the sick ones. I got the allowed 110%, actually spent more within the rules and show full obligation of mine and all the sweep up funds: showing justification for future larger budget approvals. I had stacks of supply docs that only needed my signature and the date. I wasn't a big fish in the pecking order but always a hungry one, obligated $3.5M in two days once or thrice. Lol

 

[FLT]

Thats some pretty serious equipment, there must be some serious criminal activities in that area .

 

[John B.]

But they’re all government shills. And they’re gonna use their suppressors as well as the night vision they just found out about, to sneak into my house, kill my dog and take my guns when Biden tells them to.
Do you not know that?

Only if you transfer to the ATF. Lol

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[wildrider666]

Thats funny as hell. They took covid money from the feds and spent it on guns.....

Psssst: So did I. "Free money" is nice but when you convert it to firearms: price-less. Lol

 

[Dan1612]

Only if you transfer to the ATF. Lol

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My soul is not for sale, Good Sir

 

[HayesGreener]

There is no reason for your law enforcement agency to have anything less than the best in critical task weapons and equipment. For what it's worth, many of the top staff at Santa Rosa, including the Sheriff, are former SWAT officers and have military backgrounds. They understand the value of highly capable equipment. Having dealt with budgets for many years, I can tell you that the equipment used by an agency is such a small percentage of the budget that it is hardly noticeable in the overall scheme of things. Celebrate the fact that they have good equipment and leadership that knows the difference between cheap and good.

 

[HayesGreener]

But they’re all government shills. And they’re gonna use their suppressors as well as the night vision they just found out about, to sneak into my house, kill my dog and take my guns when Biden tells them to.
Do you not know that?

 

[Popx2]

They are the Sons of Liberty Gun Works pieces. Part of the deal was that SOLGW agreed to put aside production until SR's contract was fulfilled. Not many companies are willing to do that for 200 rifles.

 

[Dan1612]

I’m stealing this for later use, many a member needs this, unfortunately.

 

[44Ruger]

Thats some pretty serious equipment, there must be some serious criminal activities in that area .

Surely you've heard of Bagdad.

 

[JWlineman]

Surely you've heard of Bagdad.

*laughs in east Milton*

 

[Dan1612]

*laughs in east Milton*

 

[FrommerStop]

44Ruger said:


Surely you've heard of Bagdad.

*laughs in east Milton*

There are a lot of poorly educated people in this area, but white and black. Low paying jobs when they are willing to work are in lawn care and as help in construction. Lots of drugs and sales of same along with stealing and assault are connected with many. For Pace, FL lots of problems in Florida town and Guernsey Road and I am sure at lots of other local places. Just about every neighborhood, even good ones, will have at least one or two druggies in it, even if they come from 'good' families.

 

[Jason]

Many comments are comical....uneducated but still comical. I'll stick with the idea I have about a truck with 4x4 as the same with all these suppressed rifles: I'd rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

Conspiracy that they will be used to seize lawful weapons, more like look at the crap the country has been through this past year and projecting the crap in the next year once the economy crashes and folks get desperate........

But continue, it is nice to smile reading comments....

 

[stage20]

Are we seriously complaining about an agency getting good gear at a good price? Seems a little short sighted wanting them to have inferior equipment or worse yet no equipment.


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Not complaining about the gear or the price. Questioning why they have it. You're either for us or against us as the saying goes.
All these things just make me wonder. Nothing is cut and dry. Something is behind everything.

 

[Dan1612]

Not complaining about the gear or the price. Questioning why they have it. You're either for us or against us as the saying goes.
All these things just make me wonder. Nothing is cut and dry. Something is behind everything.

I’d ask the same question of you Sir.
As a man, and as an American, heck as a human being, is it not your duty to protect yourself and those around you from any threat?

Now imagine “those around you” extends to an entire county, and that providing this protection and dealing with ANY threats is your calling and livelihood and maybe you’ll start to understand or at least have a little perspective.
I don’t know if you know anything about this particular agency, but it actually is “cut and dry.”
You have good people on the job, who actually WANT to do the job. A fantastic community who largely supports law and order. And a sheriff who wants to keep them all safe by providing the best training and equipment he can. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
The old issued FSP colts, once available to those with the training and desire, are being replaced and augmented to (accounting for the growth of the agency and county) with what is now state of the art and the county is that much better for it.

However, the tinfoil around here is SO DUCKING THICK, I’m probably just pissing in the wind.

 

[donr101395]

Not complaining about the gear or the price. Questioning why they have it. You're either for us or against us as the saying goes.
All these things just make me wonder. Nothing is cut and dry. Something is behind everything.

Well since they already had rifles and these are replacements I’m not seeing what the big deal is. A rifle is pretty much a standard item for a cop these days.


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