Reply With QuoteUh oh, when is the dome going to appear to seal off the town? Quick! Find the propane stores and the meth lab.
Sounds just like the Second Selectman from Under the Dome.
The Bossier Parish sheriff's office is launching a program called "Operation Exodus," a policing plan for an end-of-the-world scenario involving a mostly white group of ex-police volunteers and a .50-caliber machine gun, inspired in part from the Book of Exodus in the Bible.
"The buck stops with Larry Deen," said Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen. "The liability stops with Larry Deen. I am the chief law enforcement officer in this parish, and it is incumbent upon me protect all of the people in it."
Deen said he had been formulating a plan to protect Bossier Parish's vital resources, like food and gasoline, in the event of a catastrophic event, such as war or a terrorist attack. Deen said he had been thinking of the plan since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Deen said he was not creating a militia.
"We run from that word," Deen said. "We're just the opposite that word."
Sheriff's office deputies stressed the program would not cost much. Because weapons, such as a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on something the sheriff's office calls "the war wagon," already have been purchased, the cost associated with the program would only be training and uniforms volunteers must wear, costing about $4,500 total.http://www.shreveporttimes.com/artic...1/2270314/1060The office of the Louisiana sheriff who's forming a citizen militia to defend the parish in the event of a terrorist attack says it has information about possible Islamic terrorist activity in its midst.
"We understand, based on some intelligence that we've collected over the last year, year and a half, that there have been cells and people operating even within our parish that have been trained as terrorists or went overseas to be trained as terrorists," Ed Baswell, a spokesman for the Bossier Parrish Sheriff's Office, told TPMmuckraker this morning.
"So this is not something that's far, far away," Baswell added. "This is something that is a possibility here in Bossier Parish."
Baswell made clear that the terrorist threat was part of the motivation for the parish's controversial "Operation Exodus." As we reported yesterday, Sheriff Larry Deen has announced a plan to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," and has begun training them in "hand-to-hand combat" and other techniques, as part of a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...ls_in_boss.php
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...locals_for.php
Video of Project Exodus training session:
http://www.bossiersheriff.com/flvpla...yer.cfm?id=111
Last edited by Cubit; 03-05-2010 at 08:34 AM.
Uh oh, when is the dome going to appear to seal off the town? Quick! Find the propane stores and the meth lab.
Sounds just like the Second Selectman from Under the Dome.
Using a technical?...a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon,"...
Oh, man.
Deen said he was not creating a militia.
"We run from that word," Deen said. "We're just the opposite that word."I don't think that word means what he thinks it means.Sheriff Larry Deen has announced a plan to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," and has begun training them in "hand-to-hand combat" and other techniques, as part of a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest.
For clarity's sake, I've bolded the other words to which you were referring, based on his apparent level of understanding:Originally Posted by Dan_Theman
Sheriff Larry Deen has announced a plan to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," and has begun training them in "hand-to-hand combat" and other techniques, as part of a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest.
Much appreciated, lol.
This is really sad... So much energy and resources squandered on such a useless program. Seeing that the idea of progress hasn't been around for so long, this type of catastrophe/end of world fearing is really backwards...
Under what circumstances is a local police department authorized to own a 50 caliber machine gun? I mean, even in Louisiana, isn't that pushing the envelope a little? Why don't they buy their own battle tank or gunship while they're at it?
Don't forget about the mandatory uniforms.
Lack of funding.
Hmm. On the assumption you've avoided the gun threads (and I can't blame you) the fact is that it's legal to own machine guns, even crewed guns like an M2. Coming in April:
http://www.knobcreekshoot.com/
H.
Redneck LARP'ers.
I knew it was legal to have a little assault rifle or something like that with a federal firearms license. I didn't realize a HMG counted. Where do they draw the line? Is an autocannon OK?
How about the nose gun from an A-10. The famed GAU-8 Avenger is basically just a machine gun with large bullets, well, OK, they are AP incendiary, but whatever, you could use solid slugs, I guess, if the ammo breaks some law. So if I have the special license, can I mount my Avenger on a truck, just in case, you know, I run into some especially large and aggressive deer on the freeway?
There probably aren't any legally transferable Avengers available to civilians in the US. Even if there were, you wouldn't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy one (due to the artificial restriction on supply) and then drive it around on your Chevy pickup.
Okay, maybe if a redneck won the lottery. The YouTube would be worth it when the truck flips over backwards while firing.
They are mostly legal, believe it or not. I'm not sure where automation vs. caliber comes into it, and I believe there is a "made after" date restriction, but I can personally attest to people building 20mm "rifles" using the same cannon rounds that airplane gatlings use*. I saw one on a random non-machinegun-shoot day down at Knob Creek once, they had to lay it on the ground, crank the bolt back with a winch, and pray.
H.
* fighters. The A10 shoots a 30mm IIRC.
edit: Also, they have a cool-ass 1 caliber (as in, the bullets are an inch wide) rotary cannon at Knob Creek for the shoot. Think big, slow hand-crank gatling gun on wagon wheels.
Somehow, I'm not buying non-homegrown terrorists operating outside Shreveport (ok, Bossier City).
Last edited by Brandon Clements; 03-05-2010 at 04:42 PM.
I think this is great. The name means they are planning to leave the country, right?
I doubt most of them have ever left the county, let alone the country.
Sounds like someone read, or needs to read, Under the Dome. Maybe there's a meth lab under their church.
I like that the little dude in the middle with the white shirt's defensive posture is - "I'm having a heart attack".
This just makes me so proud of my state. Looks like Billy Mays is back from the dead on the far right with the green shirt. :|
As a person who grew up in Baton Rouge I'd just like to say -- when will the south finally secede from those crazy bastards in the north?
The problem with the American experiment is that the crazy militia types have somehow become the only safeguard against tyranny, and they expect us to trust their judgment on that.
