Guns don't kill people, soldiers kill people

[MOBIUS]

I think that it was fairly recently that he started showing signs of instability.

...around about the time he got posted to Texas...

[Whoha]

Guns don't kill people, Southern Americans kill people.

To be far we don't know if the guy in Florida has killed anyone.

[MOBIUS]

So, is the army going to purge itself of all muslims from its ranks? Seems like the best cause of action considering another muslim officer killed a bunch of people during the Gulf War.

[Darius871]

The U.S. military does not allow Arab-Americans to enlist?

When did I say that? I was just ruling out the possibility that it could have been an incursion by outsiders. The shooter's ethnicity wasn't known at the time.

[Felch]

Very interesting as it relates to the never ending gun debate. Apparently the military doesn't believe more guns = more safety. Surely if you can trust anyone with guns they would be well trained professionals...

So much for the argument everyone should carry a firearm to deter bad guys.

If the people he was shooting at were armed, do you think he would have managed to kill more than a dozen and wound dozens more?

[MOBIUS]

What gets me is that these idiots never go after the people that actually matter - for example Crawford is just down the road from Fort Hood...

[Wezil]

If the people he was shooting at were armed, do you think he would have managed to kill more than a dozen and wound dozens more?

Not likely. Unfortunately the odds of such an incident happening is far lower than the odds of armed service members shooting each other for other reasons (accidental or otherwise). The base is safer when most are unarmed, not armed.

It would appear the military recognises this. Do you have an alternate explanation?

[BlackCat]

If the people he was shooting at were armed, do you think he would have managed to kill more than a dozen and wound dozens more?

Maybe not, but how many would the other kill while shooting back ?

[Ben Kenobi]

Very interesting as it relates to the never ending gun debate. Apparently the military doesn't believe more guns = more safety. Surely if you can trust anyone with guns they would be well trained professionals...

So much for the argument everyone should carry a firearm to deter bad guys.

This policy will change. It's never happened before, and by changing the policy it won't happen again. I don't personally own a gun, but the logic is simple. If some raving lunatic goes off, folks who are carrying can shoot that guy before he racks up the casulties.

The murderer is a coward. Why did he target a base? Because he knew it was defenseless, and he wouldn't get shot back. Punk ass move.

I hope they don't execute him though. Marry him off to Bubba + friends for the rest of his natural life.

[Ben Kenobi]

Not likely. Unfortunately the odds of such an incident happening is far lower than the odds of armed service members shooting each other for other reasons (accidental or otherwise). The base is safer when most are unarmed, not armed.

It would appear the military recognises this. Do you have an alternate explanation?

Hey Wezil, why don't you try telling that to the families that have lost folks? Yeah, anti-guns are the way to go, when you paint a huge freaking bullseye on yourself. These folks were targetted.

[Wezil]

There you go Felch. Ben disagrees with me.

Thanks for playing.

[Ben Kenobi]

Wezil is of above average intelligence.

[Wezil]

Ben, if we used you as the standard measure I'd be a freaking genius.

[Ben Kenobi]

Well, I'm always wrong, so if I believe you are of above average intelligence, clearly you can't be.

I'd wager I'd probably score higher on an IQ test than you, but then I don't consider IQ to be a solid measure of intelligence, so.

[BlackCat]

Well, Ben, it's you that think children dying is fine.