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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Sure didn’t help!!! How many more have to die before they see IT DON’T WORK!!!
I’ll bet the general has armed security. Typical bureaucrat. “What’s good for me isn’t good for you.”
He has to say that because he’ll be fired along with the 200 other Generals, this OBAMA ADMINISTRATION has an AGENDA to DISARM the AMERICAN PEOPLE, even on Military Bases, what a bunch of BS.
what now,take the guns from the military,even hitler didn’t do that.an signed an ex army vet.
THIS IS SO STUPID
Unarmed citizens are right for the pickin’ 🙁
If all had guns, more would be alive today.
When seconds count, help is only minutes away!!!
are you kidding me…how much did he get paid to say that
Obama paid his ass off to say that