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Machine Gun Fire From Military Helicopters Flying Over Downtown Miami

Posted by timothy on from the ok-ok-the-state-is-your-friend dept.

Okian Warrior writes with word that, as of Monday evening, multiple police agencies and the military were "conducting training exercises over Miami and elsewhere in the county. The exercise includes military helicopters firing machine-gun blanks while flying over highways and buildings. This YouTube video shows helicopters strafing highways with blank rounds near the Adrian Arts center. There are reports of similar actions in Houston From the Houston article: 'if you see the helicopters or hear gunfire, it's only a drill.'" Note: this time, it's not in The Onion.

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  1. Food for thought... by benjfowler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Food for thought for teabaggers who think they want to go to war with Obama...

  2. Re:This is why by morcego · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, it is not.

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    morcego
  3. Re:This is why by fatphil · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, where was the well-regulated militia to protect the people from this government threat?

    Nowhere.

    So you can stop the charade. Just own up to being gun-nuts, others may be more sympathetic to your whines if you're honest.

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    Also FatPhil on SoylentNews, id 863
  4. Re:Provoking by BasilBrush · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is where American's gun culture has lost touch with sanity. Guns are lethal weapons, they are not toys for entertainment purposes.

    Sooner they are banned the better.