Obama bucks history, directs Pentagon to make guns safer, not more lethal

The Washington Times ^ | January 31, 2016 | Rowan Scarborough

[jazusamo]

Wartime U.S. presidents have taken keen personal interest in picking the most lethal gun for the military.

But in President Obama's first foray into small-arms procurement for the armed forces, his Jan. 4 executive order on gun control directs the Pentagon to find ways to make not so much more lethal firearms, but safer ones.

His direct order has brought a few snickers among retired combatants who argue that the commander in chief is issuing his directive at a time of more pressing small-arms priorities. The military, critics say, fields a flawed personal rifle and has spent more than a decade selecting a new off-the-shelf pistol, with no winner yet.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, an artillery officer in Vietnam who is steeped in military history, says at least three former presidents immersed themselves in ballistics -- for reasons other than safety.

Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War commander in chief, tested emerging "repeater" rifles in the White House "back yard" and championed the Spencer model.

Theodore Roosevelt, the combat-hardened Rough Rider, ordered development of the Springfield rifle.

John F. Kennedy, considered a founding father of the Green Berets, pushed the Army to give up the M14 for the new AR-15, which became the venerable M16. Kennedy envisioned the automatic rifle as the perfect counterinsurgency weapon in South Vietnam.

[jazusamo]

Sure bambam, make war safer for the enemy. /s

[dfwgator]

[ronnie raygun]

I personally would like to see the flag in the gun barrel comeback, that should scare ISIS

[DiogenesLamp]

Obama bucks history, directs Pentagon to make guns safer, not more lethal

How about you put flowers in the barrels. That would be more appropriate for a faggotized, feminized military.

[BenLurkin]

Obama is criminally insane.

[jazusamo]

Amen to that.

[Vic S]

Dummy ammo and rubber bayonets? There, saved the DoD a billion dollars.

[ex91B10]

[Chode]

hopefully one of the first directives to get sh!tcanned by the next President

[BenLurkin]

[jazusamo]

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[Blood of Tyrants]

Obastard proves once again that he is too stupid to be president.

[LegendHasIt]

Safer for his Caliphate Brothers is what he wants.

[yarddog]

I remember reading that when the 1903 Springfield was adopted, they decided to use a thin ice pick type bayonet.

When TR saw it he nearly had a fit and ordered them to go back to the knife style.

I suspect the Army actually had a valid reason for their new bayonet, but TR was probably right.

[jazusamo]

Absolutely! With a CinC like 0bama our country is in great peril and has been since he was sworn in.

[PROCON]

You know he's not stupid, he's just an evil, anti-American S.O.B.

[FlingWingFlyer]

If I was working in the Pentagon, I’d run the idea of Nerf guns by the Kenyan. Maybe that would shut him up.

[Mastador1]

Ya wanna scare ISIS? Instead of flamethrowers we need bacon grease throwers.

[mrsmith]

Firearm safety has always been the number one concern of any military.

Obama has no idea what ‘firearm safety’ means.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep. He has actively sought to weaken our nation and to strengthen Muslim nations.