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helicopters fire machine guns over Miami and Houston
2013-Jan-29, Tuesday 06:07 pmDuring the last week, military helicopters have fired machines guns over buildings and highways in Miami and Houston as part of poorly-publicized training scenarios.
"If it's to protect our kids, I'm all for it", said one of the guys in the Houston video 1. Um, I disagree. Why do we even have military bases, if the military is entering civilian metropolitan areas for training? And from what is the military protecting our kids? And why was there no extensive warning of these military maneuvers? Schools, fire departments, and hospitals apparently did not have advance warning that helicopters were going to be firing machine guns in civilian air space.
I was previously dismissive of the loons who worried that the evil gummint was on the verge of throwing everyone into concentration camps. Now, though, buying mountains of ammunition and weapons doesn't seem nearly as irrational.
"If it's to protect our kids, I'm all for it", said one of the guys in the Houston video 1. Um, I disagree. Why do we even have military bases, if the military is entering civilian metropolitan areas for training? And from what is the military protecting our kids? And why was there no extensive warning of these military maneuvers? Schools, fire departments, and hospitals apparently did not have advance warning that helicopters were going to be firing machine guns in civilian air space.
I was previously dismissive of the loons who worried that the evil gummint was on the verge of throwing everyone into concentration camps. Now, though, buying mountains of ammunition and weapons doesn't seem nearly as irrational.