US soldier guns down 5 fellow soldiers now do we ban guns in the military?

November 19th, 2009 by eranio

of punish the shooter?

Posted in military guns

17 Responses

  1. Shadow Knight

    Very different situation.

  2. tonalc2

    Apples and oranges.

  3. raprunr

    punish the shooter of course.

  4. James

    And fight with what exactly. Their helmets, hope that a bullet will ricochet back and kill the enemy.

  5. Chat with Rush

    Hmmm.
    ban guns in the military?

    This is a tough one.

    Im a Neo-con, like you, so give me some time to think about this one.

  6. lrd00a

    No brainer- punish the soldier, not everyone else.

  7. Wang Chung

    I don’t think it would be a good idea to ban guns in the military.

  8. Steve K

    Were the 5 soldiers, 5 American Soldiers, or 5 Iraqi Soldiers. This might be a lot to do about nothing.

  9. Jorden

    Punish the shooter and develop stricter rules in the military regarding weapons ie: when live ammo is given to soldiers, when soldiers are allowed to have their weapons, etc
    I can guarantee you that weapons will never be taken away from military personnel. In order to train to be able to fight it’s just not reasonable to do so.

  10. bluechristy

    These soldiers were / are burnt out . Been there too long .

  11. oozingfester

    Hah! Guns are very regulated in the military. Let’s say you are a soldier in the US Army and you would like to purchase multiple hand guns, and rifles, say several a week to collect, and keep in your quarters. Not gonna happen is it?

  12. D-Dubb

    we should definitely ban guns in the military. When we go to war, we can throw rocks and sticks at our enemies.

    Punish the act, but not the policy.

  13. ThroughClearWater

    Most US soldiers are the lowest base elements of their society. I guess the solution is to employ better quality soldiers. However, there are no guarantees that will stop any particular individual instantly becoming bat-shit crazy.

  14. Jerry O

    This took place at a mental health clinic at Camp Liberty Iraq, and there is not enough information available to comment, except to say it’s tragic.

  15. Seyi O

    who wants to ban guns?

  16. Weasel McWeasel all that & chips

    No, we just stop making them do 7 consectutive , back to back tours of duty in Iraq…….before we ship them off to Afghanistan for another 4 or 5 tours.

    That sort of thing, can make the best of them a little squirrely.

  17. StealthBeast

    No, just pass an assault-weapons ban that bans hunting rifles and not AK47s like they did with civilians.

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