Reply to Thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="farmerbyron" data-source="post: 2474399" data-attributes="member: 4953">IMO this is very similar to the argument against armed teachers.&nbsp; &quot;What if a teacher goes nuts and shoots up a school?&quot;&nbsp; My response to that argument is &quot;What&#039;s stopping them from doing that now.&quot;&nbsp; If you are going to break the law by murdering people, you don&#039;t give two schits about the legality of having a gun on campus.&nbsp; In fact, it would make it more attractive since you know there will be no armed resistance. The same principles apply here.&nbsp; A soldier with PTSD that wants to shoot up a base doesn&#039;t need someone to arm him or care about the base&#039;s policy of firearms.&nbsp; He knows there is going to be no armed resistance and thus has less reservation about doing a massacre than he would if he knew that there would be several armed soldier there to take him down.Now all this being said, I understand the concern in letting every Tom, Dick, and Harry on post carry.&nbsp; After all it is not unheard of for gang members and the like serving in the military.&nbsp; But allowing officers or senior enlisted to carry a sidearm would certainly be reasonable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="farmerbyron, post: 2474399, member: 4953"] IMO this is very similar to the argument against armed teachers. "What if a teacher goes nuts and shoots up a school?" My response to that argument is "What's stopping them from doing that now." If you are going to break the law by murdering people, you don't give two schits about the legality of having a gun on campus. In fact, it would make it more attractive since you know there will be no armed resistance. The same principles apply here. A soldier with PTSD that wants to shoot up a base doesn't need someone to arm him or care about the base's policy of firearms. He knows there is going to be no armed resistance and thus has less reservation about doing a massacre than he would if he knew that there would be several armed soldier there to take him down. Now all this being said, I understand the concern in letting every Tom, Dick, and Harry on post carry. After all it is not unheard of for gang members and the like serving in the military. But allowing officers or senior enlisted to carry a sidearm would certainly be reasonable. [/QUOTE]

Verification