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Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 05/23/2006 - 5:16pm.

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Re: coast guard

Submitted by chad360 on Tue, 05/23/2006 - 5:13pm.

For the first time in over nine years I am entertaining an old freind from the Tacoma/Puyallup area at our lovely docks & landings(near the viewing tower), and "lo and behold" a "zodiac"-style patrol boat is cruising the scene-- a coast guard unit, with a heavy machine gun deployed in the forward gun port (a tripod like gun mount in front of the pilot cabin). --this really shocked me! I had not expected to see that here in Olympia, and it was disgraceful. I expect our gov to protect civil liberties and freedom in the US and abroad, but not at gunpoint; without any sign of opposing forces present.

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Coast Guard presence

Submitted by Jade on Tue, 05/23/2006 - 9:41pm.

That is standard procedure. They have been here for every military shipment. Kinda creepy having so many weapons in our little marina, huh?

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