100 assault rifles are passed out to border deputies
By IDLEFONSO ORTIZ Brownsville Herald
Dec. 17, 2010, 5:51AM

To prepare for potential confrontation against armed gunmen, the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department recently purchased about 100 AR-15 assault rifles to be carried by deputies in their patrol cars.

“We are all here on the border, and as we all know the cartels have some of these type of weapons,â€