AR-15's Called for by Sheriff fighting crime emergency on AZ border

Monetary Donations are being requested to purchase Patrol Rifles for Pinal County Sheriff's Deputies. Pinal County Sheriff, Paul Babeu will purchase much needed automatic rifles essential to the safety of the Sheriff's Deputies...Your partnership in this endeavor will assist in the ongoing battle being waged in Pinal County's desert areas between Sheriff's Deputies and the Mexican Drug Cartel members and their affiliates. Dangerous incidents have increased... Deputies are involved in high speed vehicle pursuits, shoot outs between deputies and smugglers, incidents of ambush, as well as the deputy who was injured in a shooting. These incidents show compelling evidence that Pinal County Deputies need automatic rifles to NOT be out-gunned by Drug and Human Smugglers...
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Source article from 1560 KNZR...Data & video on the situation at County Sheriff's webpage
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Recently, two men were murdered by AK-47 armed Cartel Gangsters, who are ranging into US territory with near impunity. (While the current resident in the White House and his sycophants applaud and conspire with Mexican Fat -Cat oligarchs, using the Cartel criminals as an excuse to disarm law-abiding Americans!). It is sad and frustrating that local LEO's have to go begging hat in hand to purchase equipment that should be available as standard. During WW2, Americans were called on to donate firearms to England for an anticipated Nazi invasion. Today, Americans are being called on to do the same thing for an actual invasion by armed elements in our own country, on a scale unseen since depredations by armed Bandits under the command of Pancho Villla back in 1916...(S9)