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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas bans shooting immigrants from helicopters
Officials in Texas announced on Thursday that State Troopers would no longer be allowed to open fire on suspects from helicopters after the recent killing of two immigrants.
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Texas bans shooting immigrants from helicopters (Original Post)
yortsed snacilbuper
Feb 2013
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lib2DaBone
(8,124 posts)1. Yes.. that would be un-sportsman like....
OK to shoot horses and deer from a helicopter.....
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)2. well shit, what do we do for fun now?
4nic8em
(482 posts)3. This must be a glimpse
into one of the proposed and revised Republican Immigration reform policy changes...
bagger dumbfuck strategy for sure...
DanTex
(20,709 posts)4. This headline deserves a "Not the Onion". nt
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)8. No shit. I thought this was from a satire site. nt
get the red out
(13,466 posts)5. Dear God
I'm sure that broke some hearts, not allowing them to fire on HUMAN BEINGS from helicopters, not the murders.
Right in the good ol' Bible Belt; how are those 10 commandments working out for them?
Stinky The Clown
(67,807 posts)6. Just reading that headline should enrage every American
What kind of fucking country are we living in that we have to *ban* this? To ban it means it had to have been condoned.
GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)7. But not from pick-up trucks.
Unbelievable.
alp227
(32,026 posts)9. So when will Congress ban shooting US citizens from drones? nt