Weapons mounted on MVs doesn't seem to be a problem here in the midwest.
Last Saturday at the Veteran's Day celebration, several privately owned MVs
were driven all over town with .30 and .50 MGs mounted. Even the local MC
units had hummers with MK19s mounted. Several individuals, doing WWII
impressions, were mixing in the crowds downtown with stens, hip holstered
1911s and Garands.
West Coast sensitivities?
No Problem here.
Jon
10:16 PM 11/15/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
> List,
>
>A M-936 wrecker generally doesn't have a machine gun mount on it.
>
>Speaking of which, common sense dictates ( or it should ) that visible guns
>or gun barrels be dismounted before going out cruising around. We have an
>edict here on the west coast that machine guns etc be taken off the trucks
>before going out over the road in a military convoy.
>\
>Like it or not, the mere sight of a gun looking object scares the crap out
>of some people ( usually the same ignorant folks who think an APC with a .50
>cal is a tank ), and it goes all the way down to the " sensitive people "
>who are frightened and offended by the fact you painted your Totota pickup
>in OD green which to them made it an " Army Truck ". Like it or not it
>becomes your problem to explain yourself to who ever they called on you.
>
>GENERAL DISPLAY OF WEAPONS ( particularly on the highway and in populated
>areas ) IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE !
>
>Of course, if I'm so smart, why ain't I rich?
>
>Randy
>
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