South Carolina Police Get New Tank
IN Richland County, South Carolina, the Sheriff’s department has just taken possession of a citizen calming initiative: an armored personnel carrier with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun.
Sheriff Leon Lott has named the vehicle “The Peacemaker,” and “insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it’s generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will ’save lives.’”
Tough on crime. Tough on the causes of crime. And what with the Russians in Georgia, and all, it’s better to be prepared…
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
They’ve asked Sarah Palin to testfire it on Inauguration Day.
On the White House lawn.
Thus enabling Obama to demand that the Republicans get their tank off his lawn…
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
It;s her birthing plan
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I don’t think Bristol is going to agree.
The Town Council there are a bit behind the times when it comes to citizen protection…