Posted on 06/18/2023 7:04:35 PM PDT by nuconvert
*A Navy base in Mississippi erected a wall of shipping containers to protect itself from stray bullets.
*Stray bullets have struck multiple homes on the base and are coming from a nearby apartment complex.
*A spokesperson for the base said the barrier is meant as a "temporary solution."
A Mississippi military base in the small city of Gulfport put up a wall of shipping containers after stray bullets from a nearby gunfight struck homes on the base.
The base first placed more than 20 shipping containers around its perimeter last year after gunfire broke out in the apartment complex across the street, striking multiple homes on the base, a local television station reported.
Captain Jeff Powell told the outlet that the base "took prudent measures" to ensure the safest and most secure environment possible for residents inside the base.
Since then, shootings have continued to plague Gulfport.
On Thursday, two people were shot at a birthday party near the military base. While responding, police officers said they heard more gunshots and found a third person killed in a different location, according to local media. Two other separate shootings also occurred in Gulfport on Thursday.
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Probably returnees from Chicago.
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport
Sounds like it could be racist.
Teenz
Containers were there as early as April apparently (when the Google Street View vehicle drove by):
https://goo.gl/maps/s2LVek3d97GpBMVo9
That was a SeaBee base (at least it was when I was stationed at Keesler AFB in nearby Biloxi).
I hope they are filling them with sand, a container does not have much ballistic protection.
“*A spokesperson for the base said the barrier is meant as a “temporary solution.”
So what’s the permanent solution then?
L
If they use those shipping containers that house artillery, it would be extremely handy to have a more lasting solution
It sounds like it’s been a temporary solution for a year.
The permanent one is a concrete wall, but construction hasn’t begun yet.
Mortars? Artillery? Air strike?
Walls don’t work! Say Democrats.
Dear lord what has happened to America the Beautiful .?
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No police of course. It’s not just the big cities.
Walls are racist. I remember a golf course that had to cut down racist trees since they blocked the views from the hood.
We need more stories about racist crap.
Like working hard
Study in school
Math
English
Any STEM class
Honors programs
Then comes the stories about we need to break the cycle of inner city youth with no futures.
Yet any action needed to break said cycle are deemed racist.
They need to put a Phalanx on top of each container and leave them turned on.
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