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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2884005" data-attributes="member: 18914">Don&#039;t be surprised.&nbsp; I was an active duty USAF officer for 24 years and have been an Army civilian for 5 years working directly for general officers and there is a certain strain of thought among some (not all, its a subset) senior leaders, both officer and enlisted, that while guns may be the tools of their trade, only certain folks, i.e.they themselves, are wise enough to decide if and when such should be used.&nbsp; They naturally assume that in order to ensure proper use only folks such as they can be reasonably expected to know the appropriate time and manner to use force.&nbsp; They discount the idea of a normal citizen (or soldier) being trusted to act as a citizen-soldier in a Republic.&nbsp; In most cases it isn&#039;t a conscious ideological choice on their part it is more a function of their temper, attitude, and personal ego.&nbsp; These are great Americans in the military but there is a reason we don&#039;t want the military making choices for civilians in civil governance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2884005, member: 18914"] Don't be surprised. I was an active duty USAF officer for 24 years and have been an Army civilian for 5 years working directly for general officers and there is a certain strain of thought among some (not all, its a subset) senior leaders, both officer and enlisted, that while guns may be the tools of their trade, only certain folks, i.e.they themselves, are wise enough to decide if and when such should be used. They naturally assume that in order to ensure proper use only folks such as they can be reasonably expected to know the appropriate time and manner to use force. They discount the idea of a normal citizen (or soldier) being trusted to act as a citizen-soldier in a Republic. In most cases it isn't a conscious ideological choice on their part it is more a function of their temper, attitude, and personal ego. These are great Americans in the military but there is a reason we don't want the military making choices for civilians in civil governance. [/QUOTE]

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