[California] Border Patrol agents]complain that smugglers are pelting them with rocks, sticks and other debris from the Mexican side of the fence.Since October, Border Patrol agents in San Diego and Arizona have been using the FN303 Less Lethal System manufactured by FN Herstal, a Belgian arms manufacturer. The FN303 is a high-powered air rifle that can shoot a pepper spray bullet up to 328 feet.
Andrea Zortman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency in Washington D.C. […] says they’ll expand the use of the FN303s at a later date in Texas.
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The tear gas is still lobbed (the old fashioned way) over the fence rather than shot with any type of projectile device.
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Is it our imagination, or is the U.S.-Mexico border increasingly starting to feel like the West Bank?
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