Live ammo on Great Lakes: U.S. plan blindsides boaters

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Battle lines are being drawn over the Great Lakes and this time, it's not a metaphor.

The U.S. Coast Guard is creating 34 permanent zones over open water a few miles from the Great Lakes shoreline where crews can have occasional target practice with machine guns, rifles and small 9mm guns.

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