Posted on 04/09/2014 1:28:02 PM PDT by mwilli20
A soldier who survived the gruesome murders at Fort Hood last week penned a letter to Texas lawmakers on Monday, urging them to prevent another tragedy from happening again by allowing soldiers to carry personal firearms on base.
“Stripped of my God-given Right to arm myself, the only defensive posture I had left was to lie prostrate on the ground, and wait to die,” writes 1st Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, who witnessed the massacre firsthand.
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“Through what I can only describe as a miracle, he somehow found enough strength to continue pushing against that door until the shooter gave up and went elsewhere, at which time he collapsed. Nearly a week later, I can still taste his blood in my mouth from when I and my comrades breathed into his lungs for 20 long minutes while we waited for a response from the authorities. This Soldier’s name was Sergeant First Class Daniel Ferguson, and his sacrifice loaned me the rest of my life to tell this story.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Not gonna happen. In Obama’s military, the only ones with rights are gays, Muslims and atheists.
“Apparently the only government department without a military force at its disposal is the military.” —Mark Stein
Lieutenant Cook’s career is now over with Obama’s military. Maybe he can help us if we get the country back.
Amen. God Bless Sergeant First Class Daniel Ferguson.
very crazy...we, the decent citizens, are just going to have to take back our right to bear arms, secretly. Period.
Here’s a story the MSM will ignore with a vengeance.
It's time to get loud and proud, and be in-their-face about reclaiming our rights.
/johnny
Sign the petition, people! Let’s bring back common sense.
Honoring the fallen hero.
The Military will not be allowed to be armed. If armed, they might break out of the base when martial law is declared. They’ll be confined to base, practicing “readiness”...they can’t be trusted to do the dirty deeds -that whole antiquated honor thing they cling too and such.
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