Howitzers on the Slopes

[Newsman]

RENO, NV — The U.S. military is demanding the return of five howitzers that two Sierra Nevada ski resorts use to prevent avalanches, saying it needs the guns for the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain received the artillery pieces on loan from the Army and began using them last year to fire rounds into mountainsides and knock snow loose.

But the ski resorts received word earlier this month that the Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois needs the howitzers back immediately.

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[Spartan]

How about some of you guys picking them up this weekend on your way to the shoot, just tell them your "with the Rangers". :D

That's an excellent idea, but I shoudl be getting some propane tanks which should be pretty exciting too!

[Looon]

I'm three hours away from Mamoth, I'll have Jim and I swing by and pick one up on the way to Vegas. Do you think we would get pulled over?