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"You have a duty to be armed"
- Thread starter feddoc
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Maybe a little, but I didn't sign up to lead campfire kumbaya sing-alongs. I signed up to defend the country, preferably by killing people. That's made a lot tougher to do without a weapon.
Reminds me of when we were in the desert doing "expeditionary" ops and the base CO gave a great speech about how we were on the tip of the spear and the bubble could go up at any time and we would be the first line of defense. One of the TACCO's asked "Then why is all our ordnance 2 hours away, in another country?" and one of the AWs asked "And why does every Army guy on this base walk around in full battle rattle, with an M-16 but we don't even have any M9's to take on flights?"
Are we talking CONUS or overseas?
Good question. I'll buy the statement in a deployed context, but not in CONUS.
Brett
I'll buy the statement CONUS, as well.
Why? Well, Fort Dix, Fort Hood and Fort Leonard Wood come to mind as recent examples. (Funny...the Leonard Wood incident just two weeks ago didn't seem to get too much play nationally.)
I didn't realize you were packing heat this whole time. Is it to protect against rogue mass murderers or just to keep the field grade at bay?
MasterBates
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Both
So was the statement directed solely at military or was the "you" collectively including civilians as well? Either way, I would argue that, while we all have the right to keep and bear arms, those who go about their daily business armed owe it to the rest of the public to be properly trained first. I was only half tongue-in-cheek earlier; more gun-friendly civil servants are always a good idea IMHO.
But saying that everyone has a duty to be armed is dangerous; there are too many knuckleheads out there, both in the military and in the general public, who shouldn't be within eight feet of a loaded firearm. Do I believe that an armed populace is a good thing? Yes. Do I wholeheartedly support CCW? Yes. Do I think that everyone should carry? Hell no.
But saying that everyone has a duty to be armed is dangerous; there are too many knuckleheads out there, both in the military and in the general public, who shouldn't be within eight feet of a loaded firearm. Do I believe that an armed populace is a good thing? Yes. Do I wholeheartedly support CCW? Yes. Do I think that everyone should carry? Hell no.
I didn't realize there was a difference.