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They want to give the dumbest people you know SAM's and the authorization to shoot at lights im the sky that scare them (hexbear.net)

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[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago

Possibly? Probably? Best I could find was a couple articles from 2011 mentioning a .50 rifle, the mayor being coy about further capabilities, and one mentioning a rumour that the secret service has/had a stinger missile in NYC

https://web.archive.org/web/20220324055054/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/manhattans-real-anti-aircraft-battery-stinger-missiles/337379/

https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nypd-shoot-planes-weapon/story?id=14608555