Coast Guard Won't Conduct Firearm Exercises On Great Lakes

OhioChick

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Mon Dec-18-06 03:01 PM
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Coast Guard Won't Conduct Firearm Exercises On Great Lakes

Proposal Withdrawn Amid Criticism From U.S., Canadian Mayors

POSTED: 2:46 pm EST December 18, 2006
UPDATED: 2:50 pm EST December 18, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Three congressmen said the U.S. Coast Guard is giving up on its plan to conduct live machine-gun firing exercises on the Great Lakes.

The lawmakers said the Coast Guard's commandant has told them the controversial proposal will be withdrawn.

A Coast Guard spokesman could not immediately comment.

The plan has been criticized by several U.S. and Canadian mayors, business leaders and environmentalists who said it could be unsafe and disruptive.

Coast Guard officials had stressed in hearings around the lakes that live fire practice was an essential part of weapons training.
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etherealtruth

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Mon Dec-18-06 03:12 PM
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1. Good news!

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eppur_se_muova

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Mon Dec-18-06 08:17 PM
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2. Now, really, how could machine-gun fire be "unsafe and disruptive"?

What a bunch of pantywaists. :sarcasm:

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