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Standing aboard a sheriff's harbor patrol boat just off the Seal Beach coast, Mike Hillmann, Orange County's newest assistant sheriff, stares at an offshore oil rig nicknamed Esther and lets his fears run wild.
What if terrorists put bombs on one of these three rigs — or all of them?
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What if they advocate CCW rights?
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"I basically took out a gun and shot myself in the foot," Hillmann said. "Shame on me."
But in the meantime, he has e-mailed a letter of apology to county supervisors. The supervisors, still smarting from the incidents, are considering whether to replace the sheriff's department as their security force.
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And still he doesn't apologize to the citizens!
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"It's a subtle way of reminding yourself, we work for the community," he says.
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A lesson he apparently hasn't learned yet.
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Hillmann said the prospects of activists carrying unloaded guns mixed with laid-off county workers had the potential for a "perfect" storm of violence.
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How exactly do unloaded guns make for a perfect storm of violence?