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Stupidity is Contagious
It filters right down from the upper echelons of the guvmint, apparently.
This should be interesting. The article includes maps showing proposed training zones. If you look at the maps and still think this plan is a good one, please be quiet. You are not familiar with the areas in question. **ACTION ALERT** U.S. Coast Guard Proposes Using Great Lakes as Firing Range Gunfire Exercises Endanger Public and the Environment Comment by November 13, 2006 **Please distribute this information to interested parties in the U.S. and Canada** The United States Coast Guard, Ninth District, is proposing to conduct live fire training throughout the Great Lakes. Great Lakes United has serious concerns that gunfire exercises on the Great Lakes will put the safety of the public and the environment at risk, and urges comment into this serious issue. Please note: this alert does not question whether Coast Guard personnel should be trained to handle weapons, rather whether significant portions of the Great Lakes should be designated for live fire military training. Background: The Ninth Coast Guard District is proposing the establishment of 34 live fire safety zones throughout the Great Lakes, covering a combined total of 2,376 square miles or 2.5% of the Lakes surface area. The safety zones will be used to train Coast Guard personnel in maritime law enforcement, national defense and homeland security using live 7.62mm NATO rounds fired from lightweight automatic weapons. The proposed zones would be permanent, and at this time are proposed for use "a few times in a calendar year. with each exercise lasting approximately 4-6 hours". The Coast Guard plans to alert the public in advance of all live gunfire exercises through broadcasts on a marine band radio channel which is used for distress, weather updates and marine information; they will also employ an observer to monitor the safety zone throughout the exercise. The Coast Guard also states that two independent environmental consulting companies have determined that the use of live weapons on the Great Lakes will present "no elevated risk to humans or the environment". You can view maps identifying the location of the live fire safety zones: 4 zones in Lake Erie at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131148/ 3 zones in Lake Ontario at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131143/ 7 zones in Lake Superior at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131141/ 6 zones in Lake Huron at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131146/ 7 zones in upper Lake Michigan at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131144/ 7 zones in lower Lake Michigan at: http://piersystem.com/go/doc/443/131144/ -- Scott Reverse name to reply |
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