Pennsylvania Lawmaker: Troops Guarding Nuclear Plants With Unloaded Weapons The Associated Press Published: May 31, 2002 YORK, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania National Guard troops have been patrolling the state's five nuclear power plants with unloaded weapons, according to a state lawmaker. House Minority Whip Mike Veon's comment in Friday's York Daily Record followed statements from guardsmen last week that they had been banned from carrying loaded weapons while on patrol at Pennsylvania airports following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Pennsylvania National Guard would not confirm either report or comment on its staffing. "Our soldiers are armed and fully capable...