"National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several people preparing a catapult and launching packages over the International Border fence last Friday evening.
"It looks like a medieval catapult that was used back in the day," Tucson sector Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez told Reuters....
The 3-yard tall catapult was found about 20 yards from the U.S. border on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle, according to a Mexican army officer with the 45th military zone in the border state of Sonora.
The catapult was capable of launching 4.4 pounds of marijuana at a time, the officer said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons."
If they get their hands on a tactical trebuchet...we are doomed.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/26/dr ... z1CD3GMdmC

The catapult was capable of launching 4.4 pounds of marijuana at a time


Well that's a bummer. Not impressive. I can grow it faster than they can launch it.

This is not your ancester's trebuchet in the video. Note the use of wheels and rails.

Sonofagun wrote:The catapult was capable of launching 4.4 pounds of marijuana at a time


Well that's a bummer. Not impressive. I can grow it faster than they can launch it.

Maybe if you catch a bag on the fly they let you keep it.

Sounds like ATF needs to implement an immediate catapult import ban along the U.S. border, not to mention a ban on funnels and surgical tubing!

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