Comments on: mass military murder

By: walls of the city

walls of the city — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000

layers of editorial oversight

When it comes to the Fort Hood mass murder, it would seem as though the only thing the anti-rights advocates of America can bring to the table is lies and more lies (which bear a striking resemblance to the first…

By: Linoge

Linoge — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:05:11 +0000

Good grief! I did not hear of anything nearly like that on any of the ships on which I served, but we did not have a whole lot of interaction on that level between ourselves, other ships, and the base we docked at. Good on her for getting rid of the scum (I hope she filed the appropriate police report), and doubly good on both of them for getting their licenses.
I guess different bases have different rules concerning firearms in post housing… makes sense, since I seem to recall it being an order from the base CO.

By: walls of the city

walls of the city — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:27:26 +0000

lessons learned

Every one of life’s experiences is an opportunity for us to learn, and while the mass murder at Fort Hood is undeniably tragic and unfortunate, it is also provides education to those willing to pay attention. So far as I…

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:54:00 +0000

One of my classmates at CAS3 (staff puke school) had a guy break into his house in Killeen and try to rape his fiance as part of a gang initiation…she chased him out with a big kitchen knife (dude broke in while she was in the kitchen prepping dinner.)
They both took CCW classes a couple of weeks later.
Bragg has gang issues, too (my wife used to be an MP), but not as bad as Hood. Mostly dependants, actually.
And I’ve got 40+ guns in my on post housing. The arms room sergeant wouldn’t know what to do with me.

By: Linoge

Linoge — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:09:45 +0000

At the one base I served at where there was on-base military housing, any personally owned firearms had to be checked at the base armory any time you entered the base, and checked out on exit – that was actually the second reason why we did not pursue base housing (the first being the absurdly long line to get it). My parents lived in off-base when I was a kid, but I do not remember/did not pay attention to those rules then.
I certainly agree that soldiers keeping their arms in their abodes probably would not have changed the situation, especially since Sergeant Munley was able to get on-scene so quickly. But legalized concealed/open carry might have… not that we can expect to see that on military bases in our lifetimes.
You lost me on the gang bit, though…

By: walls of the city

walls of the city — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:29 +0000

know them by their words

Many years back, a considerable number of “liberals”, “progressives”, Democrats, and other left-leaning individuals made copious quantities of hay over President Bush’s delayed response to the 9/11 attacks, holding it up as evidence that President Bush…

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:43:58 +0000

At all of the stateside Army posts I’ve been stationed at, only soldiers living in the barracks were required to store personally owned weapons (POWs) in the unit arms room. Soldiers living in family housing or off post were allowed to keep them in their residences.
Still wouldn’t have changed anything at Fort Hood, since CCW isn’t allowed, and, contrary to most people’s image, issue weapons spend 99% of their time in the arms room. If the shooter had been attacked by his victims, he most likely would have been stabbed to death with lock-blade knives.
Also, the gang question wasn’t entirely stupid – Fort Hood has the worst gang problem of any Army base.