The Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817 allowed each country to station four vessels, each equipped with an 18-pound cannon, to safeguard the Great Lakes.
The antiquated treaty has recently been reinterpreted because of U.S. concerns about customs violations, human smuggling and international terrorism.
Live-fire drills conducted near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Each vessel is now equipped with a 7.62-mm machine-gun, a light military gun that is the same calibre as a deer rifle but capable of shooting 600 bullets per minute.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/15/coastguard-060315.html
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U.S. Puts Machine-Guns On Great Lakes Coast Guard Vessels
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You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.
An evil system never deserves such allegiance.
Allegiance to it means partaking
Mmmm, yea.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
In fresh their skin would start deteriorating almost immediately.
*Yeah I know about the fresh water dolphin of South America, work with me here
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
sooner or later they will shoot someone,or themselves in the foot,proving that some people should never be given guns.
then again AMERIKANS are born with guns in their hands,now there is a scary sight,chuck heston as a newborn with a malfunctioning american made firearm trying to find a target to test his god given rights to kill something...
ahhh,the right to bear arms...even when they ain't necessary
Yeah, giving the military weapons is totally like giving transit guards guns...except all you really need to get a dirty bomb from Ontario to Michigan is a speedboat, so maybe it makes sense to STOP THEM.
You can't stop them with words and flowers, believe it or not. And if a poor Canadian gets killed trying to sneak onto American soil during war then yeah...I wont cry.