A loaded semi-automatic M4 carbine was found unattended in a vehicle this week and is thought to belong to Texas Military Department (TMD) soldiers.
But an attended weapon is the least of border security activist Kelly Perry’s worries.
Perry lives in Kinney County where the southwest Mexico-Texas border spans 13 miles.
“I’m more concerned about the drugs, and the kids, and the humans, and the state of Texas just being destroyed here where I am,” she said.
“We can only catch so many [illegal] migrants. All the rest of them are coming through. Border patrol is outnumbered.”
An unsecured M4 carbine was left unattended in a truck and was taken by Kelly Perry to a secure location. (Courtesy of Kelly Perry)
Perry made the comments in response to reports that Marianna Wright, director of the National Butterfly Center, recovered an unsecured firearm from an unlocked vehicle on the side of a road near Mission, Texas….