The only excuse I've heard for increased police power that makes any sense at all is that our gun laws in the US are so lax and useless that police are genuinely frightened out of their minds at all times. Hey, I have a very cool and ingenious solution for this that does *not* require every single person in the country to own multiple machine guns to be able to leave the house. In fact, hear me out, what if NO ONE had access to thousands of military-grade weapons?