Reply #37: Anti-terror gunboat prowls Bay Area waters (CA) [View All]

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OAKLAND – The two German-made machine guns on the newest boat patrolling San Francisco Bay are not yet operational. There is no ammunition, and some of the sheriff's deputies are still learning how to fire them.

The important thing, though, is that they are obvious – mounted high on the bow and stern, visibly deadly. Alameda County Sheriff Charles Plummer, the man behind the boat, wants terrorists to know that he is dead set on using his guns, and all 800 rounds they fire per minute, if he has to.

"We will kill them with kindness," Plummer said. "And if that doesn't work, then blow them out of the water."...

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