The BBC says a swat team was told to...STAND DOWN? we just cant have this!!
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Posted on 09/18/2013 11:32:52 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The boy in the whitehouse
Sounds about right. A SWAT team makes it to the right address, at the right time, a near miraculous feat all by itself, and they are told to stand down.
GWB and the Republicans had 6 straight years to fix a lot of things that were wrong. They used that 6 years to make more things wrong and now, we are supposed to trust them as the alternative to Obama and the Democrats? There is no way I will trust anyone simply because they have an “R” after their name and no longer will I ever vote for the lesser of two evils. Bush could have fixed the nonsense but was too busy spending money, creating the TSA and No Child Left Behind.
Beirut in America.
In view of this, GIVE US BACK OUR AMMO —the 2 billion rounds.
WHAT is it for? Executing us..?
It is certainly not to deal with a legitimate defensive need.
Apparently not.
At Columbine, a SWAT team in full battle rattle was on-scene in NO time.
Then per SOP they went no further —they waited for hours, hearing screaming and gunfire, doing nothing.
HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED..?
LEO’s made huge hay of the fact that post-Columbine SWAT SOP’s had changed —that it wouldn’t happen like that again.
It HAS happened nearly like that again, and in the DC at a military base.
GIVE US BACK OUR AMMO.
I don’t believe soldiers and marines have had ready access to private or even issued arms during CONUS duty since the Korean war; this is not a new thing. I was active duty from ‘83-’90, both CONUS and ROK, and at each installation, perosnal arms had to be secured at the unit armory, and our issued arms were also stored there, only drawn during training, range, or in Korea, during alerts. Talking to a number of vets, this was the case at least back to the 1950’s... maybe even longer, but I don’t have data to support that. I agree that this is dumb, I thought so then, but trying to blame Obama for it just doesn’t hold water.
This is what Democrats do: They arm our enemies and disarm Americans.
100%.
Isn’t the death toll of the innocent already @24, from Ft Hood and now the Navy Yard? That’s not counting the injured and multiple generations of family members of the deceased and injured whose lives will never be the same?
I hate a headline like that. Same headline happened in Turkey a few times (Air Force and Army too) circa 1974-1979. Unfortunately, I've been there.
It has happened in other theaters, and embassies too.
Really sux.
5.56mm
shades of Beirut
I’d certainly vote yes.
I am watching/listening to “9/11 Voices From The Air” on National Geographic. It’s been years, yet it seems like yesterday.... my blood is still boiling. Everything Obama and his dems do, seem to beg for that nightmare to happen again.
Thanks for the PING. I had not seen this before.
I would NEVER carry an unloaded weapon. Orders or not. That is basically the most stupid thing that you can do...........
Not so much now.They are highly trained, focused, and coordinated with cutting edge technology and gear. The government fears them. It's why I think we will have a permanent war in lands far away for decades to come. They don't want them back unless they can declare them PTSD and prevent them from being armed as citizens. That comes with any Veterans Administration hospital visit. Even if it's for strep throat.
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