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Great Lakes live fire a no-go: U.S. Coast Guard retreats from plan.
Byline: Meg Jones
Dec. 19--Bowing to pressure from a wide-ranging group of critics, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday backed off from plans to permanently conduct live fire exercises on the Great Lakes.
That means the agency is canceling its quest to establish 34 zones, including 14 on Lake Michigan, where Coast Guard crews would have practiced firing with live ammunition, specifically the new M240-B machine guns that can fire up to 600 rounds a minute.
Though the Coast Guard maintained that live fire zones are needed to help crews train for potential terrorism on the Great Lakes, which are home to nearly a dozen major ports and 13 power plants, the agency was blasted by everyone from mayors, governors …
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