Coast Guard commanders defended a proposal to close periodically 2,500 square miles of the Great Lakes for live machine-gun exercises.
"We hear the marines fire up their guns in exercises so often and so long," said Kim Eung-gyun, 47, a Baengnyeong resident, "that we won't know if there is a war until an enemy artillery shell drops right at our feet".
During the next twelve days, Texas carried out many 14 inches gun-firing exercises with British battleships and.
And as the Occupy movement makes clear, also the demonstrators that precipitated regime change in Egypt and Myanmar last year, assembled masses don't require guns to exercise and secure their freedom, and wield world-changing political force.
By their nature, intelligence reports, in the absence of a smoking gun, are subjective exercises based on ambiguous information that is open to differing interpretations.
"The New Braunfels Police urge gun owners to exercise proper firearms safety at all times," Capt.
Yes, they shot guns, did skirmish exercises on their land and hosted regular monthly meetings of people in militaristic clothing, said one neighbor.
Gun owners must exercise personal responsibility and do everything in their power to prevent firearms and ammunition from falling into the wrong hands.
Mr. Welch's foray into the coffeehouse was part of an effort by some gun owners to exercise and advertise their rights in states that allow people to openly carry firearms.
Its official Twitter feed, which often draws attention to cases of police questioning gun owners for exercising the right to carry, said nothing, even as the silence became conspicuous.
Mr. Stollenwerk, the co-founder of OpenCarry.org., who is a retired Army officer from Fairfax County, Va., said the meet-ups were also meant as chances for gun owners to exercise and advertise their rights in states that allow people to openly carry firearms.
