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Gun-Rights Extremists Praise Operation Exodus Sheriff: 'This Will Save Lives!!!'

Zachary Roth | March 5, 2010, 2:20PM

A training session for "Operation Exodus" volunteers

The Louisiana sheriff who plans to arm volunteers with a .50 caliber machine gun and other weapons, to maintain security in the event of a terrorist attack or man-made disaster, is being hailed as a hero by survivalists and other gun-rights enthusiasts.

"Awesome. Now there's a Sheriff who thinks outside the box. Good for him," writes one user at SurvivalistBoards.com (slogan: "Endure -- Adapt -- Overcome"), in reference to Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Bossier Parish, Guns, Larry Deen, Louisiana, Operation Exodus, Stockpiling Guns And Ammunition, War Wagon

Larry Deen

Sheriff's Office Cites Islamic Terror 'Cells' In Bossier Parish

Zachary Roth | March 4, 2010, 12:10PM

A training session for "Operation Exodus" volunteers

The office of the Louisiana sheriff who's forming a citizen militia to defend the parish in the event of a terrorist attack says it has information about possible Islamic terrorist activity in its midst.

"We understand, based on some intelligence that we've collected over the last year, year and a half, that there have been cells and people operating even within our parish that have been trained as terrorists or went overseas to be trained as terrorists," Ed Baswell, a spokesman for the Bossier Parrish Sheriff's Office, told TPMmuckraker this morning.

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Larry Deen

'Operation Exodus': Louisiana Sheriff Taps Locals For Emergency Security Plan

Zachary Roth | March 3, 2010, 5:55PM

A training session for "Operation Exodus" volunteers

A Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a "war wagon," as part of "Operation Exodus," a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest. "It's a calling," he says.

The office of Sheriff Larry Deen of Bossier Parish, near Shreveport in the northwest part of the state, last month selected for the program 200 local residents -- mostly ex-law-enforcement personnel -- and began training them in "defensive techniques in the event of a struggle," reports the Shreveport Times. The plan calls for the new recruits to be sent to protect food from grocery stores, gas from gas stations, and other crucial local resources, should the situation demand it.