A few months ago we warned about the SWATification of America , mapping the surplus military gear by state [4]. Having already documented America's conversation to aturnkey totalitarian banana republic (confirmed over a year later by Edward Snowden), we note the following six charts from The NY Times that show the spread of military-style equipment - including aircraft, vehicles, body armor, grenade launchers and assault rifles - since the creation of the free Defense Department program in the 1990s .
The Summary:
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