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Title: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2010, 12:53:44 PM

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/07/15/20100715joe-arpaio-immigration-sweep-vekol-valley.html#ixzz0tqbKFeTg

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by Laurie Merrill - Jul. 16, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

In a stretch of barren desert alongside Interstate 8 near Gila Bend that has become a corridor for human and drug smuggling, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and about 100 men staged a crime-suppression operation Thursday.

Arpaio brought with him a belt-fed .50-caliber machine gun that can shoot accurately up to a mile as a display of the kind of force he would use if anyone hurts a deputy.

"I am trying to send a message to Mexico," he said. "We will not take anyone hurting our deputies. We will fight back."

The 7-year-old gun has not yet been used, Arpaio said. "It is more for defense." Nor have any of his deputies yet been harmed in a border scuffle.

"We have been very lucky," he said.

The sheriff said criminals smuggling drugs and immigrants across the border are now carrying AK-47s along the swath of desert that is seldom patrolled. The Barry M. Goldwater Range is used for shooting and cannot be patrolled without permission from the United States Air Force. That gives smugglers an easy path for entry, Arpaio said.

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Title: Re: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: Thor on July 21, 2010, 11:08:15 PM

Good on Sheriff Joe!! I'd probably suggest a Barrett M107 to be commissioned into service, too.  :hyper:

Title: Re: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: PatriotGame on August 02, 2010, 03:11:36 AM

Quote from: Thor on July 21, 2010, 11:08:15 PM

Good on Sheriff Joe!! I'd probably suggest a Barrett M107 to be commissioned into service, too.  :hyper:

I'm thinking we should deploy this bad-boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130) at and across the border to fight the drug lords.

Of course, I have been known to be 'slightly' extreme in some cases.

Title: Re: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: LC EFA on August 02, 2010, 04:36:15 AM

Quote from: PatriotGame on August 02, 2010, 03:11:36 AM

I'm thinking we should deploy this bad-boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130) at and across the border to fight the drug lords.

Of course, I have been known to be 'slightly' extreme in some cases.

Couple of B52's chock full of cluster munitions. Salt that border like a jerky strip.

Reapply once a month.

Title: Re: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: Wineslob on August 03, 2010, 01:14:53 PM

Quote from: LC EFA on August 02, 2010, 04:36:15 AM

Couple of B52's chock full of cluster munitions. Salt that border like a jerky strip.

Reapply once a month.

My kinda "fence".   :evillaugh:

Title: Re: Sherriff Joe Arpaio Deploys M-2 .50 cal. In Desert Immigration Sweeps
Post by: Randy on August 04, 2010, 09:17:53 AM

Quote from: Thor on July 21, 2010, 11:08:15 PM

Good on Sheriff Joe!! I'd probably suggest a Barrett M107 to be commissioned into service, too.  :hyper:

Texas needs a few of those too so that the pesky mexican naval helicopter problem can be taken care of.  :-)