Guns on U.S. Coast Guard vessels trigger protest (Reuters)

[News Manager]

Reuters - Machine-gun fire will puncture the calm of the Great Lakes if the U.S. Coast Guard follows through on its plan to set up firing ranges there, despite volleys of criticism fired by environmentalists, boaters and politicians.



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[bulldogg]

What do these NIMBYs expect the Coast Guard to use when they do drug interdiction... harsh language? If they don't train with these weapons then they will get killed when they are up against the drug runners and the terrorists that are coming through our most porous of borders. Let's see the sweet sound of the .50 caliber machine gun or the deafening roar of a suitcase nuclear device. I know which one I choose.