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Old 02-21-2017, 05:29 AM   #53
johndallman
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Default Re: Good value in anti-materiel rifles

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
There was no way to get Uncle Sam to pay for the rifles, as there was certainly no pressing need for them, considering the complete absence of any outside security threat to the Manhanock Asylum for the Criminally Insane, ever since it was founded.
This raises the issue of the M2 machine gun and the Mk19 grenade machine gun in the guard towers. They seem like very heavy ordnance for a civilian guard force to start with, so how are they justified in the absence of a security threat? Or is this "don't worry, it's technothriller"?
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