Texas Highway Patrol manning gunboats on Rio Grande

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

It's going to be open season on State Troopers, and my prediction is that these boats will spend more time being repaired, than they will on patrol.

You guys do know that the cartels have RPG's and shit, right?

Machine guns, whoop-dee fucking doo.

I agree that it sucks. It sucks that the responsibility for protecting the nation against foreign invaders* has fallen to the states, since the federal government refuses to lift a finger.

I am not, however, convinced that the use of tanks, RPG's, or even Mexican ingenuity will do anything but cause the state of Texas to respond in kind. We have Mexicans too. Almost as many as Mexico.




* Before anyone's panties get wadded, I'm referring to Mexican drug cartels and gangs, many of whom buy support from the Mexican army. We have had Mexican troops on US soil on too many occasions to count now, aiming and shooting weapons at federal agents and other US citizens.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Alright, alright, so maybe I'm not up on the price of boats these days.

I don't think it's going to matter either way. A few well placed rounds will turn one of those fancy outboards into scrap metal.

It's going to be open season on State Troopers, and my prediction is that these boats will spend more time being repaired, than they will on patrol.

You guys do know that the cartels have RPG's and shit, right?

Machine guns, whoop-dee fucking doo.

JC

They can probably get tanks too, can see the zetas rolling up in an m1 abrams with a big Z on it.

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Oh, yeah...



Hell no...

You said your nagant shoots a 7.62x58. I was correcting you with the right round.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by shmike

Yep.

Not Whalers either. Maybe Yellowfins or something similar.

A 34' with triples will set you back $250k+ in civilian trim, $500k sounds pretty reasonable with all those bangy things onboard.

The bow flare made me think Yellowfin as well, but the reporter said they were designed for shallow water. Wouldn't be the first time a reporter didn't know what the hell they were talking about though.

Originally Posted by Porkchop

I thought I saw they were 300's. Either way, they're stompin motors....

Could be 300s. Since they carried the 350 cowl design down to the V6s I have trouble telling the difference anymore.

[fujimoh]

Originally Posted by tommymac

They can probably get tanks too, can see the zetas rolling up in an m1 abrams with a big Z on it.

Then the Texans bring in the helicopters...or even a surplus Warthog.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by fujimoh

Then the Texans bring in the helicopters...or even a surplus Warthog.

then I will bring the beers and watch the cartels get blown to hell

[Rangerscott]

I need some long distance target practice.

[Kaneman]

Thank God. Soon, honest, God-fearing, white American workers will be able to get back in those fields and harvest all those vegetables. No more Mexicans taking up all those awesome farm jobs that pay so well! WOOHOO!! Get 'em boyeez!

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

http://screen.yahoo.com/heavily-arme...-29828961.html

Right now there are four patrol boats with two more on the way. Each one is armed with six M-240 (they call it a .30 cal, in the military they are 7.62mm) machine guns.

'Bout time.

We call it a GPMG and it's great for turning enemies into hamburger.

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Thank God. Soon, honest, God-fearing, white American workers will be able to get back in those fields and harvest all those vegetables. No more Mexicans taking up all those awesome farm jobs that pay so well! WOOHOO!! Get 'em boyeez!

They're not patrolling for border crossers looking for work. As evidenced by the fact that you can't take a patrol boat in the ankle deep sections of the river that job-seeking border crossers use. They're patrolling for the Zetas, the Sinaloas, MS-13, Los Negros, the Juarez Cartel, etc. etc., the ones who actually have money for boats and cars (whic apparently double as boats for the cartels).

Unless you prefer your illegal immigrant farm workers to be headless. Then by all means, let's keep the flood gates open for all comers!