My good pal C.J. Grisham has raised an important point about the Ft. Hood shootings. Blogging at YouServed, C.J. looks at the Ft. Hood incident through Israeli eyes:
With the recent release of a preliminary report casting blame for the Fort Hood shooting, many Israelis want to know: why didn’t the soldiers attacked by a U.S. Army major-turned-terrorist return fire?
Of course, we all know why:
The answer–and this may astonish many Americans–is that the victims were unarmed. U.S. soldiers are not allowed to carry guns for personal protection, even on a 340-acre base quartering more than 50,000 troops.
As always. C.J. gives thoughtful commentary and exposition. It's well worth the click.
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From what I see, there have been more shootings in the US by people with PTSD than by crazy Islamists... So if folks were armed on base, for every person saved from a radical, you would have 5 killed by a crazy...
Maybe Israeli can be more trusted with weapons :-)
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