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To: B4Ranch
Which fence would you rather cross if you were sneaking past the Border patrol?

Having pulled four tours on the Iron Curtain in the Rotz-Weiden sector of the [then] West German border in the 1960s, I'd prefer we have a 5KM zone, as the Germans did, backed up with both a border patrol [Bundesgrenzschutz AND a military presence as needed.

I was fond of their border patrol vehicles, too. The ones with the 20mm cannon were particularly well suited for the job.


29 posted on 04/10/2005 8:57:20 PM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: archy

The cab on http://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/pix/bgs_sw_1_mowag-001.jpg seens to be waaaaaay tooooooo high and a natural target. I hope that glass will stop a .50!

>>, I'd prefer we have a 5KM zone,<<

That would lead to a large eminent domain takeover of private property which would only give the FEDS more of a bad name and a lot of unhappy citizens.

Now 'the more of a bad name' might just get a few governors to actually stand up straight again in the name of states rights, not a bad thing at all IMO.


41 posted on 04/10/2005 10:38:05 PM PDT by B4Ranch ("Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to report every illegal alien that you meet.")
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