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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 631282" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p style="text-align: left">Guys, I can tell you from experience that only those Army personnel in certain MOS's (jobs) are authorized to carry weapons. You make it sound like everyone on post packs heat--that just isn't the case.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">The only time I ever touched a weapon during my 8 years was during our annual qualification and during basic. We used M-16s with .223 caliber bullets. This was the Air Force. The Army does have more MOS's that authorize the use of weapons than the Air Force, and the Marines more so than the Army, but in none of the branches is everyone packing heat. Weapons are kept in the armory and are issued and returned daily. Weapons are not allowed off post except in certain situations which do not bear on the conversation. Like in the movie A Few Good Men, all bullets are accounted for.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">This tragedy had nothing to do with military and the issue of issuing weapons to their troops. This has everything to do with a disturbed individual who simply did not want to go to war and saw this as his way out. The point has been made that had there been an armed soldier nearby the tragedy may have been lessened. This may be true but you have to remember that Ft Hood is one of the largest military posts and the odds of an armed soldier being in that area at that time are slim at best.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">The part that troubles me the most is that there had to have been warning signs which for some reason were not recognized or acted upon.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">(If you sense an anti-gun tone in this post that is because I am opposed to guns for reasons which also do not bear on the conversation.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 631282, member: 12570"] [LEFT]Guys, I can tell you from experience that only those Army personnel in certain MOS's (jobs) are authorized to carry weapons. You make it sound like everyone on post packs heat--that just isn't the case.[/LEFT] [LEFT]The only time I ever touched a weapon during my 8 years was during our annual qualification and during basic. We used M-16s with .223 caliber bullets. This was the Air Force. The Army does have more MOS's that authorize the use of weapons than the Air Force, and the Marines more so than the Army, but in none of the branches is everyone packing heat. Weapons are kept in the armory and are issued and returned daily. Weapons are not allowed off post except in certain situations which do not bear on the conversation. Like in the movie A Few Good Men, all bullets are accounted for.[/LEFT] [LEFT]This tragedy had nothing to do with military and the issue of issuing weapons to their troops. This has everything to do with a disturbed individual who simply did not want to go to war and saw this as his way out. The point has been made that had there been an armed soldier nearby the tragedy may have been lessened. This may be true but you have to remember that Ft Hood is one of the largest military posts and the odds of an armed soldier being in that area at that time are slim at best.[/LEFT] [LEFT]The part that troubles me the most is that there had to have been warning signs which for some reason were not recognized or acted upon. (If you sense an anti-gun tone in this post that is because I am opposed to guns for reasons which also do not bear on the conversation.)[/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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