'Bulletproof' Arizona security team raises hackles at Gogebic mine site

[hue]

http://host.madison.com/news/local/environment/bulletproof-arizona-security-team-raises-hackles-at-gogebic-mine-site/article_24cb77d0-9444-5ba8-948c-acad96f5e315.html

Two members of the Wisconsin Legislature are asking Gogebic Taconite to remove masked security guards who are toting semi-automatic rifles and wearing camouflaged uniforms from the mining company’s site in the Penokee Hills forest.

Photos of the guards surfaced over the weekend on the websites of mine opponents.

Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, said Monday the guards are from Bulletproof Securities, an Arizona company that boasts a “no compromises security force.”

“I’m appalled,” Jauch said. “There is no evidence to justify their presence.”

Jauch said he was especially concerned that the guards are carrying high-powered rifles more appropriate for fighting wars than for guarding construction equipment in a scenic forest that draws scores of hikers and vacationers in addition to mine protesters.

“Do they have the authority to use those weapons? If so, on who?” Jauch said. “I don’t know if there’s a hunting season right now except maybe for rabbit, but you shoot a rabbit with that, all you’ll end up with is fur. What would you use those weapons for except to hurt somebody?”

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Jauch is wrong about the hunting thing.

Peasant season is open in Wisconsin.

[DirkGently]

2. Mine company goons with guns. We really are back in the Gilded Age. n/t

[hue]

3. and this is just the preliminary stage. We'll be completely infiltrated when they start mining...

Just wait till the actual raping occurs!! It'll be like we are under siege!! And when they're done they'll leave quickly with the destruction, pollution & spoilage for Wisconsinites to clean up. I think that's the principal way in which they'll "create" jobs for us.
These security psychopaths are from out of state and so will be the miners as is the company doing the mining.
Who could be so naive as to think/dream that a significant number of jobs will be created for Wisconsinites??
And what price are some willing to pay for fleeting jobs that will offer no lasting benefits or security??

[midnight]

4. k&R....