Re: [OT] Explosives question

At 2:28 PM -0400 5/8/02, Roger Books wrote:
>I'm not sure about shipboard timing, but the naval base in Norfolk
>ceased to have Marine gate guards after a Marine shot and killed
>a sailor while on gate guard duty.  The sailor grabbed a pistol from
>one of the two Marines, ran 15 or so feet, and turned, pistol still
>in hand.  The other Marine shot and killed him.

Umm. This sounds like a justification for keeping Marines on guard 
duty. If you grabbed a pistol from a cop, ran 15 feet and turned 
while holding the pistol most cops I know would fire too. As a person 
who carries a gun normally, I'd do the same thing...

>I still don't know why a Marine properly doing his job had them
>removed from base security, but then I often don't understand
>politics.

Stupud liberal politics? (not that all liberal politics are stupid, 
this one appears to be so...)
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