10.16.2006

Because those evil terrorists might try to blow up Lake Michigan?

Carole Loftis, the owner of Snug Harbor, a popular restaurant with windows on the water, said that although she certainly carried concerns, like most Americans, about terrorism, drunken boating seemed a more frequent threat around here. “This seems a little like overkill,” Ms. Loftis said of the shooting plans.

Coast Guard wants to install machine guns, practice in 33 live fire "safety zones" on the lakes. Go figure.
The notion is so unusual that it prompted United States diplomats to negotiate with Canadian authorities in order to agree that it would not violate a 189-year-old treaty, signed after the War of 1812, limiting arms on the Great Lakes.

Don't trust 'em, eh.

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