well rob, lesson learned..beware of absolutes... Ok one guard shot at, serious injury, but recovered....motive absolutely unclear..if any.. but I dont see how if the guard was armed it would have made any difference--in that particular instance..
I suspect Chris has a point about jealousy and looking tough.. I just dont see the need for customs folks to be armed...just more chances of injuries and worse through accidents..far more than actual need.
Meanwhile...it seems a horrific shame that if the military is going to get new sidearms, that the highly collectible IHP will be melted rather than sold to legit authorized collectors and give the govt a pretty darn good boost in the public coffers.
That I suspect is perhaps due to political correctness in that a certain segment of the population would scream if the govt was to sell off handguns to the public, regardless of the complete legality of potential purchasers, ownership, handling etc.
However, has the govt in the past sold off handguns to the public at any time? They can't sell the rifles due to the full auto functionality of course, but has military and police always melted their exchanged pistols?
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