So there was no one with a gun on a military base huh? Just like at the Navy yard shooting where the shooter shot the security guards and took their weapons and continued killing.
I really wish, that just once, we could have an honest discussion about gun violence on this forum. I don't expect it to happen though. The topic is too charge with emotion and propaganda. You don't have to respond to me if you don't want to. I won't be back for another round of "we don't have enough guns!!" debate. Lifes too short for useless endeavors.
Jank,
We will have an honest discussion on this forum when those that are so anti gun educate themselves on the facts about the topics we are discussing. This has nothing to do with mental illness in military members. If this situation was due to mental illness, how well did the current gun ban on base do at keeping him from bringing the gun on base yesterday?
Here are the facts:
1. Guns are banned on US Military installations: the only military members that can carry a weapon on base are the miltary police. Just like the only people that can carry guns in schools (and other gun free zones) are civilian police. For those that dont know, the military has a police force that patrol the bases like civilian police patrol towns. When an accident or crime occurs on base, you wait for the MP's to respond and file the report.
Please see this article -
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com...9f-87ca9bd5965b.html
“This is the third mass shooting on a military base in five years, and it’s because our trained soldiers aren’t allowed to carry defensive weapons,” said Stockman. “Anti-gun activists have turned our military bases into soft targets for killers.”
2. Current 'Gun Free Zone' laws do not work - we continue to see case after case where gunman are targeting gun free zones and the carnage is horrbile. Only people who dont want to see this trend cant see it.
3. Many gunman dont go out in a hail of gunfire with police, they commit suicide when they are approached by an ARMED policeman - What makes you think, when an armed civilian pulls his gun in self defense, the result would be any different.
4. CRIMINALS DONT OBEY LAWS - As much as so many Liberals would like to believe the opposite, its just not true. We keep enacting gun laws under the impression that it will prevent a crime. Seriously! The only way to curb gun crime is through harsher punishment for crimes that are committed with a gun or to do away with guns completely. Enacting more laws to make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to obtain guns and ammo will do nothing to curb gun crimes. Just look at Chicago, DC, etc.