Southern Arizona Park Rangers Armed With M14s

Law enforcement park rangers patrolling Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and escorting tourists to its scenic, remote, and dangerous areas are now carrying M14 rifles as protection for run-ins with smugglers.

Law enforcement park rangers patrolling Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and escorting tourists to its scenic, remote, and dangerous areas are now carrying M14 rifles as protection for run-ins with smugglers, reports Yahoo News.

The park has begun offering guarded van tours to Quitobaquito springs, which is part of the 69% of the remote border park west of Tucson that has been closed to the public since Kris Eggle, a 28-year-old law enforcement park ranger, was shot and killed while pursuing drug runners armed with AK-47s in 2002.

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