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Clearing The Room

Charles Oliver | 6.15.2004 12:00 AM


Eric Verhille, a Marine Corps sniper, was accidentally shot and seriously injured while training officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on how to forcefully enter and clear a room. Which raises the question: Why do Fish and Wildlife agents need to develop military close-combat shooting skills?

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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