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Coming To a Neighborhood Near You - Guard Towers!

 
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This is what 50cal rifles are for. Ez
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i would be a bit more worried if it was a permanent fixture. the first guy in the video said that he saw that particular model get moved from walmart to target and then back again so its mobile. for that matter, it doesn't look completely stable.

still scary though. those megastores, walmart especially, is where fema has set up camp in the past in the event of weather emergencies (flooding).

not some place you'd want to be if shtf, thats for sure.
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i wouldnt be surprised if they got robot drones to operate it.
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If you are on governmenhet welfare, you will be allowed up in the tower to play cards

if you are a hard working citizen, you will most likely receive a bullet in your back from the guard
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I said it before in my earlier responses:

The Real Life ones and the Game Ones are ONE Step Away from each other!

All they need to do to make this a RL SENTRY TOWER!

* Stronger base.

* Bigger box

*Soldiers/police with auto. weapons.
 Quoting: C^ ^tBoi91


kitty And a thousand yards or so of those yard wide rolls of springy razor wire festooned around the base.
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Dude, the videos are of the watchtower model.
There is also a remote sensing model, and an armed & remotely controlled model.

View this image:
[link to skywatch.readyhosting.com]
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WTF, and the sheep will exclaim, "I feel safer now, thank you"
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Yep. It would be interesting to see how many of these things are being ordered by the DHS. I could just imagine that these things will be on every corner if martial law were declared.
 Quoting: Earth Daughter


LOL, they'd be an easy target though. They wouldn't last long.
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Paid by the Fed and DHS.


 Quoting: Earth Daughter


This is what the LIBERAL government, aided by the LIBERAL MEDIA, supports! Its for your "protection" don't ya know!
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We've had those in NYC for a while now. I've always thought they look rather creepy and foreboding whenever I saw one.

Always made me think of Judge Dredd for some reason.
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11/10/2011 05:12 PM
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The answer to these towers:

hook
cable
car
C^ ^tBoi91

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People won't stand for this. if these towers become armed.
"My Drill is the drill that's gonna pierce the heavens! Just who the **** do you think I am?!"

-Simon from "Gurren Lagann"

Also this: [link to imgur.com]
C^ ^tBoi91

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11/10/2011 06:33 PM
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Keeping this alive.
"My Drill is the drill that's gonna pierce the heavens! Just who the **** do you think I am?!"

-Simon from "Gurren Lagann"

Also this: [link to imgur.com]
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I was visiting my mother in Naples Fl. I saw one of these being used there. I wasn't sure what it was. I asked my mother and she wasn't sure either she said just one day it was there and it had never left. They have guards in them and she wasn't sure what it was being used for. It was near a dog park that is visited by alot of senior citizens such as my mother with her dog. So i found it a little perplexing it wasn't in an area of high crime or an area that i felt would need crowd control. I also asked a few of her neighbors about and again no one seemed to know exactly what it was for. Nor did they seem to be bothered by it. But it bothered me and something is not right about it. Now they are cropping up everywhere. Where do we live? This is just as bad as cameras on every street corner and street light post. It's scary just what are they watching for?
 Quoting: nickel 1329191


Thanks for the heads up. In my neighborhood, the gov. could drive tanks up and down the street all day, and comments would range from: As long as they don't bother me, who cares? to:
Let them people (police) alone. Ladies and Gentlemen, at this point, it doesn't matter if I am a fear monger; the point IS,
I am not making this up! This is a real piece of equipment, and it is not a "joke."
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This is fucking stupid, stupid video, stupid post.

Yeah right hey are going to use much of anything like that in the middle of a riot while people push it over. This is not police state, this is police realizing it's easier to watch a parking lot from the high ground. tell me, you call it a police state if they were sitting in a deer stand?
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The Deer would. Oh they are dead. Hmmm

Last Edited by NZREva on 11/10/2011 07:07 PM
C^ ^tBoi91

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A quick tutorial, starting at MINUTE 00:40, on how to handle these towers:



"My Drill is the drill that's gonna pierce the heavens! Just who the **** do you think I am?!"

-Simon from "Gurren Lagann"

Also this: [link to imgur.com]
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This is fucking stupid, stupid video, stupid post.

Yeah right hey are going to use much of anything like that in the middle of a riot while people push it over. This is not police state, this is police realizing it's easier to watch a parking lot from the high ground. tell me, you call it a police state if they were sitting in a deer stand?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1685719


And what if they mount guns on this Sentry Tower?! Look at the video and picture I linked.

What if destruction of on of these is made a federal offense?!
 Quoting: C^ ^tBoi91


Do you think rioters care if they are breaking the law? They are rioting, they don't care. There is no doubt that police could have guns in that tower, but how is that any different than snipers sitting on the roof tops or a hunter in tree stand. Give me a fucking break, get your head out of the "they all are after us" clouds. It's technology, it makes sense, they use it.

I bet you think roadside radar signs could have sentry turrets mounted on them too....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1685719


what about peaceful protesters? Read your Bill of Rights and the Constitution before you equate the and glibly respond.
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These have been around for many years.
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People won't stand for this. if these towers become armed.
 Quoting: C^ ^tBoi91


They are armed. The officer inside is armed.

They are also nothing new and you guys are all retarded to make a big deal out of a tower.
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11/10/2011 07:41 PM
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Correction to my post above

what about peaceful protesters? Read your Bill of Rights and the Constitution before you equate the two and glibly respond.
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This is fucking stupid, stupid video, stupid post.

Yeah right hey are going to use much of anything like that in the middle of a riot while people push it over. This is not police state, this is police realizing it's easier to watch a parking lot from the high ground. tell me, you call it a police state if they were sitting in a deer stand?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1685719


I might agree with you if it wasn't the Fed behind it. What interest should the federal government have in your store parking lot? Now, if it was the local police or the walmart security team behind it, that would be different. But the fed????

Feels like a trial run for something bigger coming down the pipeline.
 Quoting: Earth Daughter


Yeah I agree, there is NO WAY the POLICE or Dept. Of Homeland Security is spending money to simply 'watch' for crime int he parking lots of Target and Walmart....NOT buying it, I can see this crap going up all over under civil unrest and martial law. IDK we shall see.
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11/10/2011 07:50 PM
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Why do those cameras scare you? Got something to hide?
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Why do those cameras scare you? Got something to hide?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


Hiding has nothing to do with it. From my perspective,...it is a little thing called personal Freedom.

You simply do not understand because you are most likely afraid of your own shadow.


Z
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They have these at Times Square. I was at the walmart in Orange City Florida and they need these towers and armed guards.
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Why do those cameras scare you? Got something to hide?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


Hiding has nothing to do with it. From my perspective,...it is a little thing called personal Freedom.

You simply do not understand because you are most likely afraid of your own shadow.


Z
 Quoting: zacksavage


What does personal freedom have to do with this? You are just as free as you were before the towers were put up.
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What does personal freedom have to do with this? You are just as free as you were before the towers were put up.
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You must be joking.



Z
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What does personal freedom have to do with this? You are just as free as you were before the towers were put up.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


You must be joking.



Z
 Quoting: zacksavage


Not joking. How exactly does this tower limit or reduce your personal freedom? I would really like to know.
zacksavage

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11/10/2011 08:02 PM
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Not joking. How exactly does this tower limit or reduce your personal freedom? I would really like to know.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


If I were to stand in a corner of your room for 24/7 watching you,...

Would you consider your personal freedom limited in anyway?


Z

Last Edited by zacksavage on 11/10/2011 08:02 PM
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Not joking. How exactly does this tower limit or reduce your personal freedom? I would really like to know.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


If I were to stand in a corner of your room for 24/7 watching you,...

Would you consider your personal freedom limited in anyway?


Z
 Quoting: zacksavage


For one, my room is private, thus, I have an expectation of privacy in my home. Out in a public parking lot, there is no expectation of privacy, since its a public parking lot. Big difference between the two.
zacksavage

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For one, my room is private, thus, I have an expectation of privacy in my home. Out in a public parking lot, there is no expectation of privacy, since its a public parking lot. Big difference between the two.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1544996


I guess your answer is yes,...you would feel your privacy invaded.

I feel the same way about anybody anywhere watching me from any place on this earth. They would not have my permission. I do not require a "big brother" or police officer or corporate flunky,... to monitor me like I am a helpless child/sheep.

Perhaps you do.


Z

Last Edited by zacksavage on 11/10/2011 08:12 PM
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Ah shit, someone beat me to it lol I guess that's actually pretty scary that I'm not the only one who thought of this...
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