{"id":22447,"date":"2014-04-06T20:30:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T00:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22447"},"modified":"2014-04-06T20:30:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T00:30:05","slug":"keeping-politics-out-of-our-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22447","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Politics Out Of Our Military"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, we are a stage in our country where everything is political. I don’t know exactly how or when we got here or how to get our of here, but here is where we are. It was refreshing today on Fox News Sunday<\/a> to hear Senator Kaine<\/a> say that decisions about guns on military bases should be made by the military in order to avoid politics playing a part in the decision.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/a> reported today:<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust the military leadership on this. I don\u2019t live on a military base<\/a>, and I don\u2019t serve in the military,\u201d the Virginia<\/a> Democrat said on \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d<\/a> \u201cFor those of us in Congress to say \u2018here\u2019s what they should do,\u2019 I worry that it would be a little political rather than really about safety or security.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also reported:<\/p>\n

Rep. Steve Stockman<\/a>, Texas Republican, is pushing \u201cThe Safe Military Bases Act,\u201d which would allow base personnel to arm themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fellow Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul<\/a>, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee<\/a>, argued Sunday that, at the very least, senior military leadership on base ought to be able to carry weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few things to consider here. If senior military leadership had been armed, would the shooter have been brought down sooner? But there is something else to consider. Fort Hood<\/a> is a gun-free zone<\/a>. The shooter knew that when he opened fire he would be the only gunman in the room (at least for a short time). Had the shooter known that someone in the room might be armed, would he have taken the chance? The guards at the gate cannot reasonably be expected to search every vehicle or person who comes on base for a gun–the lines getting on to the base would be endless if that were attempted. Obviously, not everyone respects a gun-free zone, so I would suggest creating the possibility that someone in any given area of the base would be armed and prepared to shoot back in case of an attack. It is noteworthy that most of the mass killings we have seen have occurred in gun-free zones, where the killer knew that there would be no opposition. I think we need to create at least some potential opposition.<\/p>\n

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