Those of you who have cruised Alaska may have noticed your ship being escorted both into and out of port by high speed USCG patrol boats.
If you looked closely enough you would see young men manning .30 cal machine guns on the bow. This is supposedly to deter terrorist acts taking place in our sleepy communities. But rather more importantly it has served as a major inconvenience for those of us who make our living on the water and In my opinion serves absolutely no purpose other than moving/conditioning the masses towards a police state.
Almost every summer I placed a call to our local Coast Guard base complaining about the young jackboots.
Disturbing news.