Jim,57Coastie wrote:Go where, Chris? I truly do not understand. I certainly meant no offense. I, possibly incorrectly, read your earlier comment as suggesting that commissioned officers might be better entrusted with carrying weapons on base, and I cited Major Hasan as evidence that that suggestion just might not be a valid assumption. If I have read you wrongly you have my abject apologies. I at a minimum was in error in jesting about an incident which was certainly not a joke.cdc101 wrote:You really going to go there?57Coastie wrote:Chris says,
MAYBE a little easier to digest if you're a sergeant (or corporal I guess) or above...or commissioned officer.
Commissioned officer? Like Major Hasan?
Jim
As to the original subject, BTW, as a Coast Guard commissioned officer for more than 20 years I was a federal LEO and authorized by federal statute to carry a weapon on or off base, 24/7. On the other hand, in all those years I never knew of a Commanding Officer (including myself) permitting the carrying of weapons on his or her ship or base, except when required by his or her duty at the time.
With respect,
Jim
It seemed (possibly incorrectly on my part) that you had just lumped all commissioned officers in the same group as The Traitor Jihadist, Nidal. I also included E4 Corporals in with the other NCO's in that same group.
I lived in the barracks as an E-4 and below for a few years in the Army (at Ft Hood no less in the 1/8 Cav as a Scout) back in the 90's, and I can tell ya...I wouldn't have felt safe knowing that some of those guys were carrying 24/7. It wasn't until I grew up some myself and became an NCO, that my whole outlook changed (okay, probably when I hit Spec 4). Maybe that's just me but it's my opinion.
