Posted on 02/10/2012 7:58:31 AM PST by harpu
The latest addition to the Texas Highway Patrol fleet won’t actually be patrolling any highways. But it will be prowling the Texas-Mexico border.
It’s not a “vehicle,” really – it’s a vessel: a 34-foot powerboat. And it’s armed to the teeth.
The boat has six 30-caliber machine guns divided among four firing positions. And its defense is just as aggressive as its offense.
“This front area here will be lined with bulletproof glass,” said state trooper Erik Burse as he gave FOX 26 News the grand tour. “The panels that we have on the side here will be bulletproof shields.”
The craft is the first of six new boats outfitting the newly-created Marine Unit of the Texas Highway Patrol.
The boats will be stationed throughout south Texas, along the Rio Grand. They’re aimed at stopping drugs and violence.
Case in point: Falcon Lake, where an American tourist was recently murdered by narco-traffickers.
“It's an area that the Zeta drug cartels are notorious for bringing drugs into the United States across that lake at night,” explained Texas congressman Ted Poe.
Poe tapped his finger on a photo of the tactical speedboat. “This will help stem the tide of the Zetas coming into the US,” he added.
Hellfires on ANYTHING would be great. Can I run the boat?
Am I to understand that the “Highway Patrol” Is the only texas department that could acquire and use this ?
I see a lot of redtape somewhere.
They need this boat because the feds have made it safe on the border. And while the TSA is fondling you at the air port, just remember how safe it is by having wide open borders and these six .30 machine guns are only needed for the hobby of strafing minnows.
God bless Texas.
It is possible that this might be the Texas Rangers’ boat since the Rangers are part of the Texas DPS.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/texasrangers/
The outboards look kind of unprotected.
That's what the trailer is for.
Oh, I LIKE that!
As if that thing couldn’t be heard coming a long way away so illegals will just hide behind a rock until it passes. There’s good and bad points but it beats anything the national government is doing.
BW ping
WTG Perry!
To think that he might have been our President.
...me want...
Nice!
Will they be allowed to carry ammo?
Nice!
Will they be allowed to carry ammo?
You shouldn’t be happy! Police forces have become extremely well armed and well equipped (but relatively small) paramilitary forces. Who do you think they are going to use that firepower against? Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande? No, against you and me when the government decides to make our status as slaves official. They’ll try to disarm us first, then kill the ones who resist. The survivors go to Obama re-education camps as an example to anyone thinking about resistance to the FEDGOV.
I hope they are ready for one hell of a firefight.
"It slices...it dices...it makes julienne fries out of the invaders that Obama and Big Sis won't stop!"
"And wait! There's more!...If you order today, we'll double your order and throw in a Squadron of A-10s!"
“Several. Where have you been?”
Name one.
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