Here's a proposal. It's something I've said before, but I'm wanting to repeat it here.
The general populace should be allowed to own the same firearms as their local police. If the police are allowed to have fully automatic handguns, so should John and Jane Citizen. The S.W.A.T. team is armed with concussion grenades and 50 Cal. sniper rifles? I should be able to purchase them without any restrictions.
If you cannot trust J&J Citizen then you need to disarm the police as well. Nothing says "Police State" more than a superiorly armed police force.
I've got some thoughts on the changing roles of the militia, but it is becoming more and more clear that we don't need to fear the military, we need to fear the militarized police force. As the old saying goes, if you want to assassinate a U.S. citizen, you don't call the Army, you call the Police.
Thoughts?