Posted on 12/03/2013 5:58:06 PM PST by DCBryan1
People, it is time to talk about guns.
My entire adult life has been dedicated to the deliberate management of violence. There are no two ways around that fact. My job, at the end of the day, is about killing. I orchestrate violence.
I am not proud of that fact. Indeed, I am often torn-up by the realization that not only is this my job, but that I am really good at my job. But my profession is about directed violence on behalf of the nation. What is happening inside our country is random and disgusting, and living here in England I am at a complete loss as to how to explain this at all. In 2011 the number of gun deaths in the United States was 10.3 per 100,000 citizens. In 2010 that statistic in the UK was 0.25. And do not even try to tell me that the British are not as inclined to violence or that their culture is so different from ours that this difference makes sense. I can say nothing when my British officers ask me about these things, because it is the law.
And for that, frankly speaking, I am embarrassed by our Supreme Court.
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Shouldn’t Esquire go back to publishing pictures of nude females and pretentious articles on clothes, alcohol, etc.?
Excellent e-mail, Sean!
Very inspiring and well-written.
God bless.
A perfect example of an officer (I use the term reluctantly) who leads from the rear...
Because if this one ever got out in front......Big mistake there...Huge mistake...
The officers I served with earned our respect, and the trust thing worked both ways...The chain of command, in my opinion was there to clarify and ambiguities, if there were any, and it didn’t happen very often, and no ones lives were ever at great risk either...
There would still be a few of them I would go to war with anyday...And the same would be true coming from their position...
This guy...Well...It would not surprise me in the slightest if he ever got into a little “trouble” that some might think long and hard about bailing him out of a sticky situation...
And that is really kinda sad...How he ever made it to LTC, it kinda makes you wonder...
Bet hey, this is just my opinion...
Bateman - YOU are the reason for the 2nd Amendment. YOU.
“I know these commies are going to put the hammer down on us in the waning months of Obama’s _residency. They have to. They are running out of time.”
Not necessarily running out of time. They don’t call her “Hitlery” for nothing! /s;)
Seriously though, I always thought queers were the demographic target of Esquire, and I’m sure this twit was quite content with DADT ;)
Bolt-action rifles with a magazine capacity no greater than five rounds. Like I said, hunting is valid. But if you cannot bring down a defenseless deer in under five rounds, then you have no fking reason to be holding a killing tool in the first place
The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting.
We will pry your gun from your cold, dead, fingers. That is because I am willing to wait until you die, hopefully of natural causes. Guns, except for the three approved categories, cannot be inherited. When you die your weapons must be turned into the local police department, which will then destroy them. Go Fck yourself, Bateman. My guns would be stolen.
We will submit a new tax on ammunition. In the first two years it will be 400 percent of the current retail cost of that type of ammunition.
Black markets and reloading, son. I might even rob from Bateman if this is law....
Stevie, it's not all that difficult to attain that rank these days. Sadly, it's not that hard to fake your way to it, especially if you are one of the protected class. Rising through the ranks as an NCO is much more difficult, IMO. Always has been.
Good NCOS help make good commissioned officers. Young LTs and CPTS who have strong NCOs training them are the ones who tend to make great officers. I suspect this particular turd had good NCOs but ignored them in order to pursue a career of ass kissing (just a hunch).
Good luck!
And probably a rapidly rising star in the New Kenyan military.
Absolutely awesome! Thank you for your service and your continued dedication to upholding your oath.
Probably.
I hear a deep lake knocking at your door. ;)
Dang canoes! And Tahoe is DEEP. Gotta make sure we stay on the NV side though. Wouldn’t want to violate any Cali laws.
That's what I thought!
This LTC is seriously deranged.
Oo Rah!
“I am not proud of that fact. Indeed, I am often torn-up by the realization that not only is this my job, but that I am really good at my job.”
Sounds like 0vomit talking about killing people with drones. Except we all know he likes it. And that he’s lousy at his job. But aside from that, completely accurate.
Another pompous jackbooted jackass. Makes me despair of what our military is coming to.
This piece is too stupid to deserve comment.
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