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Four Marines killed in a rampage shooting, coincidentally occurring a few weeks after another one

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Jul 16, 2015.

  1. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Why do all these boys look like Dylan Roof?
     
  2. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    One of the heroes guarding recruiting stations. Spends more time posting on Facebook than waiting for nothing to happen. And as a bonus, he's a Trump fan.

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  3. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Still not sure this actually happened. Waiting for a gun-violence update on it elsewhere and nothing. Odd.
     
  4. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

  5. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    I heard two reports from guarded recruiting stations today. One accidental discharge of a firearm, whose owner was ticketed for firing it within the city limits and sent home. Another guy who accidentally shot and wounded himself.

    There's a reason that they don't let soldiers wander the base with firearms and live ammo, and they are more familiar with them than most civilians.
     
  6. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

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  7. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Fear of accidental discharges is not why members of the military don't carry on base.
     
  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    The main reason that they don't carry is that they are ordered not to. That said, I know a number of guys in the service who don't particularly want everybody carrying, because they know how many of the remf's shoot maybe sixty rounds a year to meet quals. They don't want armed fobbits behind them.
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Ugh.

    OK. The main reason they are ordered not to is not because of a fear of accidental discharges.
     
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    The main reasons they're not armed are because A) they're not allowed to fire on civilians anyway, and B) if they're not MPs, they're not trained in law enforcement.

    Kind of like, I'd guess, 99 percent of the "militiamen" guarding them now.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Yeah. That's not the reason either.

    They're worried about a soldier/seaman/airman going on a shooting spree, and/or purposely firing on someone, not accidental shootings.
     
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