Never seen 'em around here. I think people in these parts are more heavily armed than the armed forces, or so it seems.
Traveling to Mexico on vacation many times in my life we always would encounter road stops with heavily armed military guys that would ask you where you were going and might even search your car. In the earliest days, a bribe was expected. Not so much any more. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:17 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Have seen those big guns recently in the city -- I think.. mmm.. wall street > area - but frequently see National Guard guys at Union Sq station > these days --... one startling encounter on the street... I guy in uniform > with one of those large guns was wearing all black and a black mask > in the position of a surgical mask... that mask was scary > > I think your shot would be stronger in black and white , Dan > > ann > > > On 5/2/2017 8:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> I haven't seen the kind of military presence at US airports or tourist >> sites that I have seen recently in Europe. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 7:46 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> You must not have been traveling much right after 9/11. National Guard >>> with M16, (full size, not carbines), and dogs were in the oddest places >>> at >>> the Airports I traveled through. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/2/2017 4:55 PM, Gonz wrote: >>> >>>> That was the thing that I found most distinct about European airports, >>>> there were military guys walking around with automatic weapons like >>>> this everywhere. I've never seen that in the US. >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> There were heavily armed military personnel all over Paris when we were >>>>> there, in early April. Shortly after we returned, a terrorist shot a >>>>> policeman on the Champs-Élysées, wounding a woman tourist. >>>>> >>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That looks like the SBR that the israeli security forces carry. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Daniel J. Matyola < >>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> There was a lot of security around the Île de la Cité >>>>>>> https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas- >>>>>>> >>>>>> pesos/2017/5/2/the-last-time-i-saw-paris >>>>>> >>>>>>> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom >>>>>>> Comments are invited and appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding >>>>>> it still. Dorothea Lange >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
