Posted on Jan 6, 2016
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In an article published in the Military Times on 5 Jan. 2016 the following was announced:
President Obama will charge Defense Department officials with a key role in his controversial new gun control initiatives, instructing them to research ways to improve firearms safety and become early adopters of that technology.
The moves are among multiple executive orders to be announced by the White House on Tuesday that are aimed at getting around congressional inaction on the broader issue of gun violence, one that Obama has labeled a national emergency.
Please note what is going here. He did not ask them to find out how to reduce the recidivism rate of the terrorists he is releasing from Guantanamo who soldiers and marines will ultimately face in combat yet again. Nor did he as that they come up with a ground plan for the annihilation of ISIS or the containment of Iran’s spreading influence and terrorism spreading across the Middle East… was it a request on how to better train and equip Afghan Security Forces to prevent the resurgence of the Taliban, or how the military might be able to apply their knowledge and experience in helping to secure the southern border in an expansion of our national security interests… NO SIR! His request is how to make military small arms less lethal and to apply that technology within the DoD.
Now I was always taught that in the military we wanted to be MORE lethal not LESS lethal – more bang for the buck has been the catch phrases for a very long time. Safety when needed of course… but always more lethal – “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight” remember?
This is the kind of policy request we get from a President and Staff that never spent a day walking in our boots. Ben Rhodes, Susan Rice and Valerie Jared… Limonene ladies and gentlemen who don’t know which end of a gun the bullets comes out, who, by the way are surrounded by Secret Service agents armed with fully automatic weapons of the most lethal kind; they are willing to risk your life and mine on the battlefield for more technology to make guns safer –REALLY!
The very notion that somehow the DoD should be tasked with this type of a request should have the Sec Def (equally deficient in military experience) and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff tendering their resignations. Is this the most pressing issue they face… modernizing the force in the wake of draconian budget cuts, make outdated equipment last another 20 years, rearming and refitting a fighting force that has been in the field longer than any force fielded in the nation’s history. This is where the priority is and needs to be. Where is the ATF – always thought that their very existence revolved around such issues… after all it would be better for their next escapade “Fast and Furious – The Remake” that they provide the drug dealers and smugglers with safer smart guns. I really prefer that my military small arms be “not so smart” and the warfights who will be using them be “as smart as they can be”. I don’t want to pick up a rifle on the battlefield and find out that I don’t have the right PIN to fire it – be assured the enemy you are trying to kill will have no such problem.
Come on Generals – get this out of the DoD and get back to doing what we as a military force do best. FIGHT!
President Obama will charge Defense Department officials with a key role in his controversial new gun control initiatives, instructing them to research ways to improve firearms safety and become early adopters of that technology.
The moves are among multiple executive orders to be announced by the White House on Tuesday that are aimed at getting around congressional inaction on the broader issue of gun violence, one that Obama has labeled a national emergency.
Please note what is going here. He did not ask them to find out how to reduce the recidivism rate of the terrorists he is releasing from Guantanamo who soldiers and marines will ultimately face in combat yet again. Nor did he as that they come up with a ground plan for the annihilation of ISIS or the containment of Iran’s spreading influence and terrorism spreading across the Middle East… was it a request on how to better train and equip Afghan Security Forces to prevent the resurgence of the Taliban, or how the military might be able to apply their knowledge and experience in helping to secure the southern border in an expansion of our national security interests… NO SIR! His request is how to make military small arms less lethal and to apply that technology within the DoD.
Now I was always taught that in the military we wanted to be MORE lethal not LESS lethal – more bang for the buck has been the catch phrases for a very long time. Safety when needed of course… but always more lethal – “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight” remember?
This is the kind of policy request we get from a President and Staff that never spent a day walking in our boots. Ben Rhodes, Susan Rice and Valerie Jared… Limonene ladies and gentlemen who don’t know which end of a gun the bullets comes out, who, by the way are surrounded by Secret Service agents armed with fully automatic weapons of the most lethal kind; they are willing to risk your life and mine on the battlefield for more technology to make guns safer –REALLY!
The very notion that somehow the DoD should be tasked with this type of a request should have the Sec Def (equally deficient in military experience) and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff tendering their resignations. Is this the most pressing issue they face… modernizing the force in the wake of draconian budget cuts, make outdated equipment last another 20 years, rearming and refitting a fighting force that has been in the field longer than any force fielded in the nation’s history. This is where the priority is and needs to be. Where is the ATF – always thought that their very existence revolved around such issues… after all it would be better for their next escapade “Fast and Furious – The Remake” that they provide the drug dealers and smugglers with safer smart guns. I really prefer that my military small arms be “not so smart” and the warfights who will be using them be “as smart as they can be”. I don’t want to pick up a rifle on the battlefield and find out that I don’t have the right PIN to fire it – be assured the enemy you are trying to kill will have no such problem.
Come on Generals – get this out of the DoD and get back to doing what we as a military force do best. FIGHT!
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"Smart gun" technology is an interesting approach to gun safety and worthy of investment and research. It would be a good thing if biometrics of some sort could lock a gun to authorized users only.
However, one wonders where DoD comes in. As a Soldier, I have learned to have a healthy distrust of gizmos. Gadgets break. Electronics run out of batteries. I'd better know how to shoot, move, and orient without the use of tools like this or I'll be in a nasty spot when Murphy's Law kicks in. I just know that these trigger-lock gadgets will decide to not fire when the SHTF.
However, one wonders where DoD comes in. As a Soldier, I have learned to have a healthy distrust of gizmos. Gadgets break. Electronics run out of batteries. I'd better know how to shoot, move, and orient without the use of tools like this or I'll be in a nasty spot when Murphy's Law kicks in. I just know that these trigger-lock gadgets will decide to not fire when the SHTF.
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Perhaps they can go to the NRA since they conduct a lot of classes on firearms training and gun safety. That would save a lot of money for something that is already in place. Or perhaps they can train leaders to do their jobs as NCOs and officers.
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Trying to review my Civics' lessons here: No. The Department of Defense should not be tasked with, nor involved with, any of the CinC's directives surrounding gun control. They have their own fish to fry. It would be my opinion that the Department of Justice should take the lead in such civil (and Constitutional) matters.
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