IP: Re: Departure from Dullas -- data point

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:02:13 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: David Chessler <chessler () usa net>
> Subject: Re: IP: Re: Departure from Dullas -- data point
> Cc: "Robert M. McClure" <rmm () unidot com>
>
>
> > >   Quite honestly I worry more about young National Guardsmen
> > > with M16's than I do about terrorists.
>
> Luckily, the practice is that National Guardsmen may not load their 
> weapons unless specifically ordered to do so--and they are only ordered to 
> do so if there is a specific threat. So the weapons are almost certainly 
> unloaded. (Indeed, they might not be carrying live ammunition). In any 
> event, they have no cartridge in the chamber, and so cannot fire by accident.


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