On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:11 +1100, "The Raven"
wrote:


Here's a hypothetical. Foreign teenager caught at nuclear storage facility
doing nothing more than shooting rats at the facility rubbish dump (not a
specifically "secure" area). What's going to happen to him/her?

Your hypothetical does not work. First of all, an armed person
attempting to improperly gain entry into a 'Level A' security site
would be shot without warning.

If he were simply on the base proper - he would be disarmed and a
investigation would be made to determine if he had permission to be on
the base (ie signed in as a guest, hunting/fishing permit, contractor
employee, etc).

If he was signed in as a guest then the sponsor would be collected up
for a 'nice' talk with the CI (Counter Intelligence) folks.

Since his status would be both as a foreign national and a juvenile -
the FBI would be called and he would be turned over to them (for some
rather complex legal reasons we cannot 'cite and release' certain
people). The 'on call' JAG lawyer would come by and present him with
a 'Bar Letter' (making it a felony for him to ever come back on post).

BTW, the firearm would be seized and eventually destroyed.



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