The presence of guards who work for Bulletproof Securities is raising eyebrows among Wisconsin lawmakers.
The presence of guards who work for Bulletproof Securities is raising eyebrows among Wisconsin lawmakers.
The mining company, Gogebic Taconite, is set to launch a large iron ore mining operation in Wisconsin over the objections of environmentalists. And they’ve hired Bulletproof Securities to guard the site. The people protecting the mining site near Lake Superior are masked and are toting semi-automatic rifles while wearing camouflage uniforms.
“I'm appalled. There is no evidence to justify their presence,” Democratic State Senator Bob Jauch told the Wisconsin State Journal, as Talking Points Memo points out. “What would you use those weapons for except to hurt somebody?”
One Wisconsin resident who visited the mining site, Amy Noble, said that the pictures she was shown of armed guards “doesn’t seem like Wisconsin.”
The mining site has been met by protests recently.
One Wisconsin resident who visited the mining site, Amy Noble, said that the pictures she was shown of armed guards “doesn’t seem like Wisconsin.”
