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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SCREW THIS SPOKESMAN, IF THEY CAN CARRY ON THE OUTSIDE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY ON THE INSIDE. THESE POWER CRAZY $#%&!@*S WHO ARE TOTALLY POLITICALLY MOVITATED SHOULD COME BACK TO THE REAL WORLD. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF HIGH RANKING MILITARY OFFICERS TALK STUPID. IT SEEEMS THAT RANK DESTROYS THEIR BRAIN, OR IS IT THAT AT HIGHER RANKS LIKE GENERAL POWELL THEY ARE NO LONGER SOLDIERS BUT POLITICAL PUPPETS. I HAVE SEEN IT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE SAME WAY. RANK OFTENS GIVES THEM THE ELITE THE FEELING THEY ARE BETTER, MORE IMPORTANT, SMARTER, OR JUST KNOW MORE THAN THE PEOPLE ON THE BATTLE LINES, IN THE MILITARY AND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT’S A COMMON PROBLEM THAT AS MOST CLIMB THE LADDER THEIR SELF INTERESTS, PROMOTIONS, AND POWER GOES TO THEIR HEAD. IT’S HARD TO OVERCOME BECAUSE THE TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS, TOP CHIEFS, TOP POLITICIANS TAKE CONTROL OF THEM AND MORE OR LESS BLACKMAIL THEM INTO SUBMISSION, WITH THE PROMISES OF PROMOTIONS AND THREATS IF THEY DON’T COMPLY TO THEIR WISHES. IT IS REALLY COMMON AND REALLY DISGUSTING. I HAVE SEEN IT FIRST HAND SO MANY TIMES IT IS SICKENING. FT HOOD IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PUTTING POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AHEAD OF MILITARY LIVES. IT HAS TO BE STOPPED. IF A MILITARY PERSON CAN CARRY OUTSIDE THE BASE DO THEY SUDDENLY BECOME IRRESPONSIBLE OR INCAPABLE, OR UNTRUSTWORTHY WHEN THEY ENTER THE BASE. SUCH IGNORANCE TO THE EXTREME. ALL THESE HIGH LEVEL PEOPLE HAVE ARMED PROTECTION BUT DENY IT TO THE REAL POLICE AND MILITARY RESPONDERS. NOBAMA, THE WASHINGTON POLITICIANS ARE NO DIFFERENT, PROTECTED BY THE “ARMED SECRET SERVICE” “WHITE HOUS POLICE” AND OTHERS.
Oh, shire, hand him your AK.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow-members-armed-forces-carry-concealed-firearm-military-installation-if-they-possess-cw-permit/SKvPzMbB
overpaid Obama politician in an Army uniform with 3 stars….has is nose right up Obama’s butt….as a retired enlisted military man, I know a few like this jackass, they are only there to “fill a slot” and can’t lead or find their butt with both hands….wow, just described the Commander in Chief….we can thank Clinton and Obama for taking away gun carry rights on military bases/posts….
I think they’re beginning to fear patriots in the ranks.
Obama lover Pc bs
How ignorant does it get! It’s obvious now that they wanted to do this to push their Communist Gun Control!!!
Soldiers who don’t stay on script don’t have very long careers. Particularly Officers.
you Lt. are one big “JACK ASS”..!!!!!!!!!!!!
Translation: “We don’t trust our soldiers. We’re afraid of our soldiers. The soldiers who die in these attacks are expendable.”