Posted on 07/22/2009 12:26:50 PM PDT by DakotaRed
Edited on 07/22/2009 2:06:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Military police are investigating a double-shooting today at the Fort Lewis after a man fatally shot a woman inside the base's main post exchange and then shot himself.
I bought the majority of my weapons at the US Rod-n-Gun clubs in Germany and never had an issue.
ah, had not considered that. Thx
So - we are now at the real root of why a certain Gov in a Southern State should step down....
Zero trust.
Not my Gov mind you.
Mine just quit ‘cause the job got hard to do.
Yah, I would suppose it’s big. I’m sure there’s bigger ones around, but if I remember correctly I think they just combined the two exchanges for Ft. Lewis and McChord AFB into one big store.
Thanks for the ping! I used to work at a vendor outside the old main PX on Ft. Lewis. Now I only go once in awhile with the parents (was just there a few weeks ago, though.)
When you bought guns overseas did they make you fill out a 4473?
Thanks,
Ed
Usable firearms...
A pistol in the arms room will do you no good if you have an “active shooter” scenario.
I was making a reference to the fact that military bases rely on rent-a-cops and scattered military police for security, but that a determined cadre of terrorist shooters could wreak havoc at the PX/BX, Commissary, etc. The Ft. Dix case is a perfect illustration: had the terrorists gained access to the base with automatic assault rifles and had they proceeded to a crowded venue, they would have found a perfect killing field (masses of unarmed people).
you are kidding right. you do not need a commanders consent. you can bring on post, but it suppose to be unloaded. not that everyone follows it. i bring mine on post all the time...i got a text from my hubby earlier about this incident i had been calling there to pay my mil star card and they would not answer, then told me they were closed. knew someone working there at a kiosk.
Last time I checked, you are supposed to keep the weapon unloaded and in a case. More to the point, you are only authorized to bring that weapon on base if you are going to a range (or a gunsmith, if your rod-and-gun club has one).
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you bring a loaded firearm on post, carry a loaded firearm on post, or load a firearm on post (with the exception of the range/rod-and-gun club). It is a federal felony if you get caught.
It’s stupid, of course, but those are the regs.
class six is package or liquor store.
never heard BX, its usually NEX, for navy exchange. army and air force is post exchange or px. navy is NEX for navy exchange and im not sure about marine.
One of the bases in Germany used BX for whatever reason. Meh. I was young.
BX is for Base Exchange, as in Air Force Base.
(AF Brat, Army retiree here...)
RIP.
Thx! ;^)
The shooter, a 59 year old retiree, died around 4 PM Pacific Time.
We may not know the why of this senseless action now.
NWCN just had a piece on this. The woman was a civilian employee at the PX. Her mother has said that the man was her ex-boyfriend.
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