Re: Hey, J. Sloud

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> > Monday I'll be at a T/S government facility working on a very large
> > project having to do with homeland security and keeping your ass safe
> > from being blown up.
> >
>
> When I was in the Marines I spent 3 yrs on active duty support for the
> reserves out of Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee MA.
> Our Armory had an ADT system in it and I know it worked well because
> every few months someone would lean against a bench wearing the panic
> button (a box slightly larger than a cigarette pack with a big white
> button sticking out from the front) and within a few minutes the
> building would be surrounded by state troopers with shotguns out and a
> pucker factor of 10. (we were an anti-tank unit - lots of TOW missile
> launchers, 50 cal and Mark-19 machine guns and a slew of M-16's.)
> Since the alram was silent we generally didn't know it until someone
> tried to leave....

If you are in an armory with TOW missiles, 50 cal and M-19 machine guns
having a few state troopers with 12-guages doesn't sound very frightening...