Fort Hood Fallout

GHACK!

I puckishly commented on a post about the Fort Hood murders that we'd soon be hearing cries to "Ban guns in the military"  More prescient than puckish, that now seems. “ My heart goes out to the victims of the Fort Hood and Orlando shootings and their loved ones. Senseless, senseless incidents. I will not go quietly into the night on this one. America needs to do something about idiots with handguns. How many more Fort Hoods and Orlandos do there have to be before our political leaders have the guts to severely restrict access to murderous weapons? Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/11/08/mmqb/4.html#ixzz0WNxBZyQy Get a free NFL Team Jacket and Tee with SI Subscription - Peter King, Sports Illustrated ” View From The Porch mistress Tam (think Agent Bedhead's scalpel in Kim du Toit's hands) earlier launched on Lt. Gen. Robert Cone for rationalizing the defenseless condition troops were in with "this is our home.  We're supposed to be safe ... " “ Sure, General, your troops were "safe at home"... in a war with no fronts. They were every bit as safe at home as the crews of the USS Cole or the battleship Arizona. Safe at home like the Marines in their barracks in Beirut. An army at war does not have the luxury of "safe at home". Do you think the bomber crews of the Mighty Eighth landed in southern England after pasting the hell out of the Nazis and called out "Olly olly oxen free! We're safe at home now; we'll be putting on our slippers and lighting a pipe. No fair bombing us 'til tomorrow, Adolf!" or do you think they made sure that there were plenty of slit trenches, anti-aircraft guns, and armed guards on the base? ” And this seems as good a time as any to throw this e-mail out there. “ Civilian officers Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd arrived minutes later. They found the shooter outside, standing about 15 yards away, calmly firing at people as they ran. "I yelled at him, 'Stop! Drop the weapon!' And that's when he raised his weapon and fired a couple of shots at me," Todd told CNN. Munley and Todd took cover, the gunman walked behind a building, and the two officers apparently became separated. Todd said he went around the other side of building and exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who flinched, slid down against a telephone pole and fell onto his back. The confrontation was over in less than a minute, Todd estimated. By then, Munley was down with gunshot wounds to both legs and a wrist. Todd said he did not know whether his fellow officer had wounded the shooter; earlier reports had Munley and the gunman wounding each other in an exchange of gunfire.   Casca ” Is Kimberly Munley another Jessica Lynch?  Sorry for the cynicism.  I just cannot allow myself to take anything at face value these days.