Actually it goes back to near the end of HW Bush
Posted on: June 19, 2020 at 10:19:50 CT
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But Billy Boy really ramped it up during his term. Obama restricted the law with an executive order (the only way he did anything in his administration), but Trump reversed the EO.
It was done to combat many instances where police were simply outgunned by drug gangs and drug cartels. It's not a bad program, but the potential for abuse is there.