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Texas DPS Patrol Boats Armed To The Teeth
www.myfoxhouston.com ^ | 1/10/12

Posted on 02/10/2012 7:58:31 AM PST by harpu

The latest addition to the Texas Highway Patrol fleet won’t actually be patrolling any highways. But it will be prowling the Texas-Mexico border.

It’s not a “vehicle,” really – it’s a vessel: a 34-foot powerboat. And it’s armed to the teeth.

The boat has six 30-caliber machine guns divided among four firing positions. And its defense is just as aggressive as its offense.

“This front area here will be lined with bulletproof glass,” said state trooper Erik Burse as he gave FOX 26 News the grand tour. “The panels that we have on the side here will be bulletproof shields.”

The craft is the first of six new boats outfitting the newly-created Marine Unit of the Texas Highway Patrol.

The boats will be stationed throughout south Texas, along the Rio Grand. They’re aimed at stopping drugs and violence.

Case in point: Falcon Lake, where an American tourist was recently murdered by narco-traffickers.

“It's an area that the Zeta drug cartels are notorious for bringing drugs into the United States across that lake at night,” explained Texas congressman Ted Poe.

Poe tapped his finger on a photo of the tactical speedboat. “This will help stem the tide of the Zetas coming into the US,” he added.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borderwars
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To: AppyPappy

Hellfires on ANYTHING would be great. Can I run the boat?


21 posted on 02/10/2012 8:18:17 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: All

Am I to understand that the “Highway Patrol” Is the only texas department that could acquire and use this ?

I see a lot of redtape somewhere.


22 posted on 02/10/2012 8:19:40 AM PST by Celerity
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To: harpu

They need this boat because the feds have made it safe on the border. And while the TSA is fondling you at the air port, just remember how safe it is by having wide open borders and these six .30 machine guns are only needed for the hobby of strafing minnows.


23 posted on 02/10/2012 8:22:38 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: basil

God bless Texas.


24 posted on 02/10/2012 8:24:04 AM PST by Respond Code Three (Support Free Republic lest we eventually get a Republic which is not free.)
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To: Professional Engineer
It’s not a large navy yet, but is a start.


25 posted on 02/10/2012 8:27:28 AM PST by BlueLancer (KOMEN PINK: The color of the water in the basin after Pilate finished washing his hands)
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To: harpu
Just out of curiosity, how does a vehicle designed and built to be used in a liquid environment patrol a hard concrete highway? It does say Texas HIGHWAY Patrol on the boat.
26 posted on 02/10/2012 8:29:06 AM PST by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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To: Celerity

It is possible that this might be the Texas Rangers’ boat since the Rangers are part of the Texas DPS.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/texasrangers/


27 posted on 02/10/2012 8:33:17 AM PST by Deaf Smith
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To: harpu

The outboards look kind of unprotected.


28 posted on 02/10/2012 8:33:42 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: NCC-1701
Just out of curiosity, how does a vehicle designed and built to be used in a liquid environment patrol a hard concrete highway? It does say Texas HIGHWAY Patrol on the boat.

That's what the trailer is for.

29 posted on 02/10/2012 8:34:23 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (If Obama was any more thin skinned, he'd have a receptacle end: Dennis Miller)
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To: harpu

Oh, I LIKE that!


30 posted on 02/10/2012 8:34:44 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: harpu

As if that thing couldn’t be heard coming a long way away so illegals will just hide behind a rock until it passes. There’s good and bad points but it beats anything the national government is doing.


31 posted on 02/10/2012 8:35:30 AM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: MestaMachine

BW ping


32 posted on 02/10/2012 8:37:49 AM PST by thouworm (.)
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To: harpu
Don't mess with Texas!

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33 posted on 02/10/2012 8:47:06 AM PST by CodeJockey (Barack 0bamacide... Destroys economies on on contact!)
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To: harpu

WTG Perry!

To think that he might have been our President.


34 posted on 02/10/2012 8:50:19 AM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: harpu
...and there's room for a trolling motor...

...me want...

35 posted on 02/10/2012 8:54:51 AM PST by and so? (If it angers you, a sarcasm or irony tag after everything I post should be assumed)
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To: harpu

Nice!
Will they be allowed to carry ammo?


36 posted on 02/10/2012 8:56:13 AM PST by posterchild (I'm old enough to remember when journalists bothered to look things up on wikipedia.)
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To: harpu

Nice!
Will they be allowed to carry ammo?


37 posted on 02/10/2012 8:56:22 AM PST by posterchild (I'm old enough to remember when journalists bothered to look things up on wikipedia.)
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To: basil

You shouldn’t be happy! Police forces have become extremely well armed and well equipped (but relatively small) paramilitary forces. Who do you think they are going to use that firepower against? Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande? No, against you and me when the government decides to make our status as slaves official. They’ll try to disarm us first, then kill the ones who resist. The survivors go to Obama re-education camps as an example to anyone thinking about resistance to the FEDGOV.

I hope they are ready for one hell of a firefight.


38 posted on 02/10/2012 8:59:23 AM PST by Astronaut
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To: harpu
It is the 2012 Model "Zeta-Matic"!

"It slices...it dices...it makes julienne fries out of the invaders that Obama and Big Sis won't stop!"

"And wait! There's more!...If you order today, we'll double your order and throw in a Squadron of A-10s!"

39 posted on 02/10/2012 9:12:05 AM PST by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Tenacious 1

“Several. Where have you been?”

Name one.


40 posted on 02/10/2012 9:15:34 AM PST by CodeToad (NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!)
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