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PHOENIX -- The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will soon welcome the arrival of 400 semi-automatic assault rifles.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said his department is purchasing the weapons to make ensure his deputies are not out-gunned.

"The profession is obviously becoming far more dangerous as more criminals seem to be only too willing to fire at officers and deputies," he said in a release.

The guns will be purchased using the MCSO's fund forfeited by drug dealers at an estimated cost of $500,000. The purchase will make MCSO home to the largest number of semi-automatic assault rifles in the nation.

"My goal is to keep the community and my deputies safe, so we look far and wide for the best people and best equipment," Arpaio said.

The guns will be distributed to all deputies by the spring of 2013.

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    1redcav wrote...
    Good!
    January 30, 2013 6:18 pm
    Now the criminal illegal invaders will have more to worry about!
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Arpaio's law enforcement strategy:
    January 30, 2013 7:36 pm
    Look at headlines. Dream up new media attracting stunt. Use tax money to perform said stunt and draw media attention. Ignore pesky child rapists.
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    Elvis 2 wrote...
    You go Joe
    January 31, 2013 12:06 am
    Don't worry about old hash.
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    yrreta wrote...
    Gotta read the article Micho,
    January 31, 2013 4:50 am
    "The guns will be purchased using the MCSO's fund forfeited by drug dealers at an estimated cost of $500,000." Don't see anything about tax money here. Unless you deal drugs Micho, this money didn't come from your pocket.
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    yrreta wrote...
    Of course the same
    January 31, 2013 4:59 am
    weapons if purchased a year ago would have only cost maybe 250-300K. Thanks to the Left wing nuts knee jerk reactions, the demand and cost have sky rocketed.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Gun nut gun love and gun nut hysteria
    January 31, 2013 6:34 am
    are driving the market. Arpaio's unrelenting publicity cravings are driving his law enforcement decisions.
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    yrreta wrote...
    But who yelled for
    January 31, 2013 6:52 am
    gun control first, the Left wing nuts, or the gun nuts? Left wing of course, thereby starting the avalanche which the gun nuts were more than happy to run from. The Left's unrelenting publicity cravings are helping drive the hysteria that is driving the gun nuts to run and purchase their weapons before the Left get them banned, regardless of the facts, which both sides seem to be ignorant of.
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    yrreta wrote...
    And for that matter
    January 31, 2013 6:56 am
    what politician doesn't have publicity cravings. Joe just happens to be an over achiever in this, but no different than any other politician that needs to stay in the public eye to be remembered at election time.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Thanks for admitting that gun nuts are not
    January 31, 2013 7:07 am
    responsible for their own behavior. My kids used to use the same excuse before they matured. Thanks also for admitting that Arpaio is not a real cop, but a publicity driven politician.
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    yrreta wrote...
    You're welcome, and yes
    January 31, 2013 7:26 am
    the gun nuts are indeed driven by the paranoia and fear that is driving the Left wing nuts who support and elected the publicity seeking politicians now in office who have also fallen victim to the Left's Chicken Little routine. So, are any of us really responsible for our own behavior, or are we driven by the circumstances surrounding us? Mass shooting, Left yells for gun control/bans, gun nuts stock up on weapons, politicians take sides to get in good with their voters, more guns on streets now, more shootings, etc.

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