[marktwain]

American soldiers are volunteer professionals. It is stupid to keep them disarmed in this war without fronts.

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

Daniel White touches on the single most important element of personal safety: your own state of mind. There are always plenty of tools available to help you fight off an attacker—furniture, utensils, anything heavy that can be thrown, your own hands and feet. The odds against an armed attacker may be dauntingm but the alternative is to die doing nothing.

Don’t walk around in condition white. As Marines like to say, “Be pleasant to everyone, but have a plan for killing them.”

TC

[flowerplough]

In the Reagan Army in the 80s, I’d go years without even smelling an M-16. Army brass, for good reason, don’t often trust their troopies with live ammo. They were probably filling in range qualification scores for me & shuffling the training budget numbers around. Didn’t matter much, anyway, ‘cause the 16s were really .22 rimfire - special magazines, bolt adapters, and scaled targets on a 25 meter range.

[ecomcon]

It’s also stupid to allow Muslims in the military without frequent and extensive monitoring. Polygraphs every 6 months. It’s been 8 years since 9/11. We should have a glut of fluent middle east language experts by now.

A Muslim military psychiatrist? That’s just stupid PC-ness.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The big lesson has been learned but will never be put into action:

mass deportations.

[ez]

In comparison, many states are passing Stand Your Ground legislation to remove the burden to try to retreat when faced with a criminal attack. Allowing people to fight back from the start greatly increases their chance for survival.

The State is going to ALLOW us to fight back, how magnanimous... PC gun control advocates have led us to a place where AMERICAN SOLDIERS are DISARMED and HELPLESS. If the citizenry has the RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, certainly soldiers should be allowed to carry sidearms for just such an occasion.

Could one open fire on his fellow? Yes, but not for very long...

[blueplum]

Muslim radicals call Hasan ‘Officer and a Gentleman’
13 deaths were ‘pre-emptive attack;’ ‘We do NOT denounce his actions’

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115325

Shooter advised Obama transition
Fort Hood triggerman aided team on Homeland Security task force

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115230

Military jihadists fill ‘every branch’
Ultimate 5th column penetration, warns best-selling ‘Muslim Mafia’

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=115218

[freeangel]

The most valuable lesson is not “if”, but “when”.

[weef]

Army regulations require that under normal operational procedure at Army bases on home soil soldiers are prohibited from carrying weapons unless under specific orders to do so (such as military police).

What is the reason for this and when did this start?

[driftless2]

"stupid"

Especially considering what just happened. Since 9/11 there's been talk at all levels about terrorist attacks on America. Didn't the big cheeses think that military installations could also be the targets of terrorist attacks. What if it had been more than just one armed lunatic? What if it had been a five, ten or more armed with automatic weapons? They could have taken out a lot more than what Hasan did with just two handguns. What kind of military base defense system do the Israelis have? The military better rethink their rules about arming soldiers while on the base.

[Copernicus]

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