You guys still think this can't happen here?

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I would like a summary in the post, so I can decide if I want to click on the link.

Essentially the National Guard wanted to conduct a search and detain operation in some small town in western Iowa. Basically they were going to go house to house searching for a weapon's dealer provided the homeowner gave permission for their search. They was also going to cordon off the town streets to prevent people to come and go. This excercise is to help the guard unit train for real world deployment in Afganistan at least that is the cover story. The excerise was canceled.

[August]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Now let me point out what you are all missing - You weren't training to open cupboards to look for weapons to confiscate in every single home you entered. You were doing legitimate training.

-S

Well weapons searches are legitimate training, but unlike these National Guardsmen we weren't from the area so we wouldn't have the ties to the community that they did either.

Besides what self respecting insurgent keeps his weapon in the kitchen cupboard?