Grizalltheway wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Here's the deal, Einstein. The guy in Fort Hood was in a building a long fucking way from the front gate. Most weapons on military bases are locked inside weapons lockers or the armory for safekeeping. To think that all guys run around the base with guns strapped to their hips is ludicrous. Now, the base cops have guns, but they're not the guys standing watch at the front gate. And there's times where the gate guards have guns, but that depends on what level of DEFCON they're at.
So, why not at least have the GUARDS armed (I didn't say anything about EVERYBODY running around with guns all the time

) like Stickybunz mentioned?
a) as I said, there ARE times where the guards are armed, but it depends on what level of DEFCON they're at.
b) even if the guards WERE armed, they're not leaving their post to respond to a shooting on base. They have their OWN responsibilities at the front gate...that's what base police are for.
c) and b.s. on that backpedal. You clearly inferred that in your statement about someone being able to kill 13 people on a fricking "military base", for God's sake...
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