U.S Army spokesman Lt. General Mark A. Milley spoke to press yesterday concerning the Ft. Hood shooting, admitting it took about 15 minutes to respond to reports of the shooter. He supported the policy, active since 1992, preventing US. soldiers from carrying concealed firearms on base.
At a press conference on the shooting, which left four dead and 16 injured, Lt. Gen Mark A. Milley was asked if the gun ban should be overturned.
“No, I don’t think soldiers should have concealed weapons on base,” he stated. “We have law enforcement agents and trained professionals and I don’t endorse carrying concealed.”
But he added that it took police “10 to 15 minutes” to arrive on the scene of the shooting, long after over a dozen people were shot.
“I think law enforcement acted very rapidly and swiftly given the nature of the circumstances,” he said.
But not as swiftly as an individual shooting back at an attacker. During a shooting, when mere seconds can mean life or death, minutes are an eternity.
The concealed carry prohibition, enacted in Feb. 1992 during the H.W. Bush administration, authorized only “qualified personnel” to carry firearms on base, such as law enforcement and others on “security duties.”
In short, this DoD policy turned America’s military bases into victim disarmament zones and gun bans in general exacerbate mass shootings by preventing law-abiding citizens from carrying weapons for their protection.
“Only the most out-of-touch radical would try to disarm soldiers,” Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tx.) stated today, who introduced the Safe Military Bases Act which would overturn the policy. “It’s time to repeal this deadly anti-gun law before it creates another mass killing.”
Source: Infowars
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I bet he carries!!
Thanks to cigar toting Slick Willie Clinton! You Libtards who don’t want the military to carry guns make me want to blow chunks in your face. No doubt, you pukes are suffering from “drink the Obama Kool-Aid Syndrome.
I bet he has armed body guard
hes righ they should have the wepads drow and ready to potect the selfs
don’t you think if the soldiers had concealed carry most of this could have been avoided
YEP! Gun free zone, open season on our troops you $#%&!@*!!! ONE OF obama’s BOYS!!!
This assbag doesn’t trust the soldiers he trains???
That’s the most stupid thing Obama ever did! Ok, one of the most stupidest!
Looks like they put the dumbasses in charge. Civilians have better protection and right to self defense. Where do they get these idiots?
he must be in Barry’s pocket, a real general would never think or say that without political pressure to do so….