Resolved: We must remove paramilitary tatics/military weapons from U.S. police forces

You could have rebutted early if you want wouldn't have done much cause that wasn't my case just a layout this is my case Intro: As many have noted, Ferguson, Missouri, looked like a war zone. And its police"kitted out with Marine-issue camouflage and military-grade body armor, using short-barreled assault rifles, and rolling around in armored vehicles thus being indistinguishle from soldiers. There is no surprise that this resulted in huge riots and protest from the people. I urge you representatives to pass this resolution to ensure securities good reputation doesn"t continue to decrease and to ensure military grade equipment is used for military grade reasons . Main points 1. paramilitary tactics out dated were originally created under president Reagan to deal with drug crimes when they were serious and the people tended to be armed. Now that drug crimes have diminished there is no need to have such weaponry that is primarily used on drug crimes. Again these weapons on mainly used for drug crimes not for the overall safety of America. The police don't just walk around with this equipment ready in hand, it is only used for drug crimes and sometimes riots as I stated above. 2.50 deaths a year from raids "Basically killing our own people with our own security which increases the already popular hatred of security . We want people to look at police officers and admire, or respect them not regret or fear them. Nonviolent crime should= a fair just non-violent punishment so in order for that to happen must remove these tactics. Giving a unfair death punishment also violates the 8th amendment so this practice is unconstitutional. 3.free equipment so no hesitation to use "Department of Homeland Security handed out a whopping $35 billion in grants to state and local police. In addition, the Pentagon supplies surplus military hardware to police forces at virtually no cost. That is why the quiet little town of Keene, New Hampshire has an armored personnel carrier called a BearCat, which the local police chief said might be used to protect its pumpkin festival. So basically this just shows you that the equipment is free and has no limits to the usage of the equipment and an example of the crazy stuff it is used for. 4.Not trained to use equipment 5. Unnecessary equipment ready to use for unnecessary situations "Police in Watertown, Connecticut, (population 22,514) recently acquired a mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle (sticker price: $733,000), designed to protect soldiers from roadside bombs, for $2,800. There has never been a landmine reported in Watertown,Connecticut "At least 63 schools have M16 rifles, 14 have M14s, six colleges have mine-resistant vehicles and two have grenade launchers, according to a report by the Chronicle of Higher Education. More than 100 campus police departments are obtaining such weapons from the U.S. Department of Defense, according to Muckrock, a website that archives government documents and FOIA requests. Equipment sold by the feds can range from trousers and hammers to sniper rifles and Humvees. I would like to point out that usually the most dangerous things that happens at campuses could be crazy parties, rape, a fight at a part, etc. There hasn't been one military grade conflict so their is no reason for this military grade weaponry.. 6. Small towns not asking for equipment for the right reasons. American cities, Mr Kraska writes that the rise in small-town SWAT teams was driven not by need, but by fear of being left behind. Police departments in towns like his often invest in military-style kit because they "want to keep up" with larger forces. Some of these areas are not very violent at all and just want this equipment because its free and advanced. 7.currently SWAT teams in the US violently smash into homes an average of 100-150 times each day to enforce laws against predominantly non-violent crimes as cited by Washington post. So as you can see this equipment is used wrongly at a daily basis just because it's free and available. That was my case time for response to opponents case 1. His first contention A is that police need this equipment to keep America safe but this isn't possible. Police are not trained to use this equipment info I provided in case so since they are not trained cannot provide safety to Americans will actually harm. There are many examples some cited by the blaze is when they throw in flash grenades in homes randomly. Not only in cases on fox news and on articles did this result in the person firing back but in most of the cases this type of engagement wasn't needed. 2. I will attack his 2nd contention B now which mainly talks about how pistols and tear gas only go so far. I agree but what my opponent has to understand is usually this equipment is only used for drug crimes and every once in a while a riot like the Ferguson incident also SWAT and other agencies are available and again the police are not even trained to use the equipment and since it is mainly used for drug crimes or minor things then it isn't justifiable to have the equipment since paramilitary tactics or "strategies" are only used mostly on drug crimes which is what they were originally made for under Reagan. 3. I will now attack his point C which overall which is saying to restrict weaponry. I would agree with this if it was possible but its not, what my opponent must realize is that the equipment is given for free by the town or city or area so it is locally managed. Paramilitary tactics include general military weaponry so probably not possible to restrict it as well. And last but not least if the police aren't trained to use the equipment more causalities such as the 50 deaths. Conclusion: So since this equipment is angering Americans, causing deaths, used wrong, free so overly used, and asked for the wrong reasons I suggest a pro vote on this topic. I also would like to point out that their has been screening process to make sure this equipment is used right but they have failed. For example on the news their was this group of police using paramilitary tactics. They had this guy and this guy had a gun. One police man told him to put his gun down. The guy listened but after the guy put his gun down the police offer shot him 6 times with a rifle for no reason.