LIVERMORE, California (AP) -- Officials at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have added a new weapon to their armory: a high-powered machine gun that can fire more than 50 rounds per second.

Lab critics questioned the wisdom of putting such powerful guns at the lab, which is across the street from suburban homes.

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I'd be curious as to whether or not the laboratory was there before the homes.

If that's the case, the people aren't the brightest for purchasing a home next to a laboratory conducting nuclear research.

It's like the people who live next to Fort Lewis and complain. Granted, the exercises at Fort Lewis shouldn't get stuff onto your property (or whatever it is people gripe about) but common sense would dictate that one probably wouldn't buy property next to a military base.