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-Lurid Crime Tales-
US Navy base in Mississippi erects massive barrier made of SHIPPING CONTAINERS to stop stray bullets flying into sailors' homes amid gun violence across the neighborhood
2023-06-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The boxes were set up alongside the south side of Seabee Base in Gulfport after gunfire broke out at an apartment complex across the street

  • They were placed there in October and were meant to be a 'temporary solution' but the Navy is considering building a permeant concrete wall

  • Locals have hit out at the measures and say they have had to grapple with gun violence for years and want a solution to the problem
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Posted by:Skidmark

#7  That op should be renamed "Operation Just 'Cuz".
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-06-19 13:37  

#6  US Army did the same thing prior to Operation Just Cause in Panama. US housing was receiving fire from the direction of the Panamanian Military Commandancia. Army Engineers bricked up the housing windows facing that direction and encouraged residents to avoid their backyards.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-19 13:34  

#5  You will note that it is a US Navy 'SeaBee' base and they saw the problem, identified the fix and implemented it without a multi-year focus session.
Posted by: magpie   2023-06-19 13:20  

#4  substituted Juneteenth celebrations
Posted by: Frank G   2023-06-19 08:24  

#3  We have reaped 50 years of the Left's displacement of fathers and Big Brother government as a substitute. Fathers Day had to be very confusing in many communities.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-06-19 07:42  

#2  Could they activate a CIWS system?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-19 07:39  

#1  Is that gunfire coming from the rifle range? No, we don't have a rifle range here at Gulfport.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-19 02:24  

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