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opelloyesterday at 7:46 PM6 repliesview on HN

Really making you wonder why does DHS have direct access to this hardware?


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bakiesyesterday at 7:55 PM

Pentagon gave it to them. The heads of both these orgs are incompetent and should be impeached.

davidwyesterday at 7:55 PM

I thought I read that they borrowed it from the actual military, which tends to be a little bit more cautious with these things.

kube-systemyesterday at 7:53 PM

Lasers are not particularly controlled by regulation. Most people in the US can own a class 4 laser if they want.

Also, most laws that do restrict weapons specifically exempt government law enforcement anyway.

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andrewflnryesterday at 7:49 PM

It's pretty directly relevant to "homeland security", anti-terrorism, etc. I wouldn't say that's the problem.

Make no mistake, the actual drone terrorism is coming. I guess you could say that only the actual military should handle it, but... Why?

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quickthrowmantoday at 12:29 AM

The former TV personality slash alcoholic slash sexual predator that is running the DoD probably gave it to DHS at the request of the cowboy hat wearing psychopathic domestic animal killer that runs that agency.

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