ELB wrote:ShootDontTalk wrote:TresHuevos wrote:
As an El Paso resident this certainly got my attention. While my eyebrows are raised, I will take my cue from Ft. Bliss on this. If they up their threatcon, then it is probably actionable intelligence and I will act appropriately. My wife works on Ft. Bliss in a very prominent building that I'm sure they would love to target and it pains me that she cannot arm herself even to and from work due to DoD regulations. I have asked her to consider taking the 11th off but I doubt that she will.
I would urge you to rethink this carefully. Determining the threat/safety of you and your family based on the well prepared examples of Ft Hood, the Washington Navy Yard, and too many other examples to name of the preparedness of our government to deal with terrorist acts is, in my opinion, a grave mistake.
Our Federal agencies march to the orders of the authorities on high. I'm seriously beginning to wonder if their seeming stupidity is just that, or something far more sinister. I pray to God I am wrong.
I second what SDT said. Remember, according to the Army and the US Dept of Justice, there was no terrorist attack driven by violent ideology at Ft Hood, just "workplace violence." Neither of which they were prepared for, and as far as I can tell, they still aren't.
Well, the CG at Bliss shutdown some gates and announced restricted access to others. This sometimes happens on long holiday weekends but they specifically stated that this was due to "security concerns". They also announced increased inspections at the gates. It's time to take this seriously and look at some plans for Household 6.