Just more cops thinking they are military and wasting taxpayers money while violating taxpayer civil rights.
Has there been ONE single incident that Texas needed a gun boat???
Several. Where have you been?
Texas is trying to police it's own boarders. But they have no means of doing so when faced with the prosepect of being outran and out gunned. The cartels have little deterant.
Police don't usually stop crime but they can work to prevent it or deter it.
At least Texas has a history of operating a Navy as an Independent nation. The Texas Navy, eventually merged with the United States Navy.
From wiki: “For three years the Texas Navy raided the Mexican coast and kept the Mexican fleet focused on defending its own coastline. In the Naval Battle of Campeche on 16 May 1843 the Texas Navy sloop-of-war Austin and brig Wharton, supported by ships from the rebellious Mexican State of Yucatan (then the Republic of Yucatán), engaged Mexican naval vessels, including the steamships Montezuma and Guadalupe. This battle is believed to be unique, marking the only occasion in which a sailing warship engaged and fought a war steamer to a draw.[3] The battle, which raged over several days, was a tactical draw, but a strategic victory for the Texan Navy, which forced the Mexicans to lift their blockade of Campeche and assured security in the meantime for the rebels in Yucatan. Other ships of the Texas Navy at the time included the brigs Potomac and Archer, the schooners San Jacinto, San Antonio and the San Bernard, and the Zavala, the first steamship-of-war in North America.[2]
When Texas joined the United States in 1846, the Texas Navy was merged into the United States Navy.”
Yes. Mexican gangs killed a Texas man operating a wave runner on one of the border lakes. The man's wife was with him, but got away.
Next time the gangs will be the ones wanting to Get Away, but they probably won't.
There have been numerous incidents of bank robberies where the robbers escape by crossing the river and Druggies trying to sneak their products over the river. Not too long ago, boaters were attacked by Mexicans on PWCs. Yes there is a need for them. TX PBR Chuck Norris!