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[shoreman]

Looking for gun, troopers raid bus full of soldiers
Sunday, August 12, 2007

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey...330.xml&coll=1

State Police, responding to a report of a person armed with a machine gun driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, stopped and swarmed a school bus only to discover it was filled with soldiers headed to Fort Dix, authorities said.

A concerned motorist called police around 10 a.m. yesterday after spotting the machine gun as the bus drove through Edison toward the Turnpike, said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the Turnpike Authority.

The Turnpike Authority started searching camera feeds on the highway to try to locate the bus, and State Police positioned troopers to intercept it.

Troopers caught up with the bus around Interchange 8A in South Brunswick just before 10:45 a.m., said Orlando, who noted that officials routinely urge motorists to report suspicious activity along the roadways.

The bus turned out to be carrying about 20 soldiers, he said.

"I'm not sure who was more heavily armed, the police or the soldiers," Orlando said.

[Bruce]

The article probably went on to say that "All 20 soldiers were arrested for violation of New Jersey's Assualt Weapons Ban, transporting an Uncased Weapon and transporting a weapon without a valid New Jersey Firearms Identification Card! When informed that these soldiers were under Federal Jurisdiction, the State Police informed the Army that "NO ONE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE". All 20 soldiers have been sentenced to 20 to life in Trenton State Prison.

[SuperD]

"I'm not sure who was more heavily armed, the police or the soldiers," Orlando said.

I'd bet on the soldiers.

[24thMED]

Fucking de javu. Back in the 70's I was in the Army gaurd(Nebraska). We were going to the range for quals and instead of loading us in a duece and a half we got to take a bus. It was a green military bus but it was better than the truck for the hour long ride to the range. We all piled on with all our equipment and each of us had our M16's, which we leaned up against the windows in the seat with everything else and thought nothing of it.

Some fucktard called the highway patrol and reported a bus that was brandishing weapons on the interstate(I guess you could see part of the 16's in the windows). No shit, that's what the highway patrol guy said when they(there were 5 cars that eventually showed up) stoppped us.

How fucking stupid. It's a big green bus that says US Army/Nebraska National Guard on the side. Everyone inside the bus is wearing a uniform and someone turns it in... Times don't change when it comes to sheeple I guess...

[mack1]

I'd bet on the soldiers.

Times don't change when it comes to sheeple I guess...

Ya both got that right!!!

[JohnyV]

Sheeple! never heard that before, like it.

I should have started a thread "speak up if you hate sheeple"

[Parker]

A buddy of mine is in the Hawaii National Guard.

To get from island to island, they fly. I assume they fly some sort of mil-plane or mil-charter.

As you know, nothing flies without being screened if it is a carry-on item.

The head TSA guy had a couple squads of Nat Guard members send the M16's they were carrying thru the metal detectors to ensure the machine guns did not have bombs in them.

Yes, you read that correctly. The TSA was concerned about automatic rifles being packed with explosives for the purpose of making the airplane safe.

[Tinysd]

My friend and his wife are federal agents. When they travel they fly armed. Because of this they are brought into a room separate from the other passengers and screened there. The TSA employee frisked his three year old son to make sure he was not carrying explosives.