Obtained for free under a military ... surplus program and that those acquisitions are reserved for training only. Community activist Darryl Smith watched in dismay that day as police holding ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — History buffs and military surplus fanatics take note: The remaining inventory of the former Pack Rat Military Surplus store on Providence Boulevard goes on the auction ...

So how about the curious finding that the Los Angeles Unified School District has taken possession of Pentagon military surplus that included 61 M16 assault rifles, three grenade launchers and a ...

While big cities like Los Angeles and Chicago are some of the biggest recipients of surplus gear, including thousands of assault rifles, the geographical spread of military-grade weaponry doesn ...

when it comes to the use of military equipment by police. Law enforcement agencies in Mobile and Baldwin counties have received military equipment from a free Pentagon surplus program ...

Police departments at Arizona State University and community colleges in Tucson and Yuma have acquired 79 fully automatic M-16 assault rifles ... that distributes surplus weapons to local agencies ...

The Pinellas County School District has purchased 28 M-16 assault rifles from the federal ... that have received military gear as part of a Defense Department program that came under increased ...

The Pentagon gave 80 New Jersey police departments 894 assault rifles through the federal ... that gives local law enforcement agencies surplus military gear. In New Jersey, that same program ...

(Jerry McCrea | Star-Ledger File Photo) Twenty-one surplus U.S. military assault rifles — all M-16 automatic rifles — have been given by the federal government to three Hunterdon County police ...

Rifles make up the largest single group of military machinery here and a third of all surplus items. Records show there are about 400 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm assault rifles in use by six local agencies.