Coast Guard "safety zones"
Earlier this summer, the Coast Guard announced plans to create 34 permanent “safety zones” in the Great Lakes, where live fire shooting exercises will be conducted. In an effort to inform the public about what will happen at these zones, the Coast Guard has created a Q&A website.
Live fire exercises at these zones would take place a few times a year, and would last four to six hours. Crews would be shooting at floating targets with light machine guns, rifles, and handguns.
24 live fire exercises have already happened on the Great Lakes this year, and the Coast Guard believes they pose few problems for boaters, and they won’t endanger the public.
Follow the link to the Coast Guard website.
September 22, 2006 6:40 AM | Category: Great Lakes, Politics