Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100304:15:26:00
Was no longer such a concern. what they're doing is, they say, training volunteers in hand-to-hand combat techniques. it's not quite clear whether the idea is for them to take on the terrorists directly in the event of an attack or whether the idea is to protect against looters and rioters and the chaos that an attack would cause. but they say they just want to be prepared. >> and zach, in your reporting in this town, you say that it's mostly retired police officers. about 200 of them. they're armed with shotguns, riot shields and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on what the mayor is calling ...