11-06-2009, 03:43 AM
Greg wrote:
I thought Swampy's point was a good one. Nevertheless, I'm hoping this degenerates into the usual liberal/conservative, "no, YOU'RE wrong" sort of thread. Those make me feel very, very smart.
LOL Greg! Beautiful!!!
swampy wrote:
Obviously you've never been in the military, or a military dependent or civilian working on a military base Grateful. Of course there are weapons all over base, but they are locked up or under control. The only personnel allowed to carry a fire arm are the MPs and they have better things to do than stand guard in a processing center waiting for some deranged psycho to start shoot people.
Unlike the civilian world where private citizens may be allowed to carry a weapon, military folks don't have that right when entering the gates. There are exceptions for hunters (as many military installations have land set aside for the sport).
It is rather ironic that those who fight to maintain our freedoms give up many of their own while serving. There are just certain things you cannot do while wearing a uniform. Expressing political preferences in public being one of them.
Grateful11 wrote:
Well Swampy you are correct never been in the Military but I have been at least
through a base. It was even brought up that no one even rushed the VT shooter.
We don't know the circumstances of this situation but we've got a base full of folks that
are ready to go to battle ......... Until I see the layout of the area in which this
happened I'm not going to feed you anymore.
Swampy I don't think there's any need to be condescending, guns are 'little' more prolific than that on a military base. I know pilots that carry their military issue hand guns on/near them while on base. Don't know if that was some kind of out of context situation I saw (I saw it on more than one occasion). So I would venture to guess there are others on a base that 'carry'.