Posted on Jul 27, 2015
Protecting Recruiters?
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This is the problem with the general population trying to do the military's job.
This will of course bleed into 2nd Amendment rights at some point (which I wholeheartedly support BTW)....but to me it falls more into suitability. Just because you carry a AR-15 in town in front of recruiting station in Ohio does not mean you should.....if gun owners would get a little smarter about how they exercise their rights there would not be nearly as many issues. ....anyway....just found this interesting and thought it may provide good fodder for discussion.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/07/24/shot-fired-accidentally-at-ohio-military-recruiting-station.html
This will of course bleed into 2nd Amendment rights at some point (which I wholeheartedly support BTW)....but to me it falls more into suitability. Just because you carry a AR-15 in town in front of recruiting station in Ohio does not mean you should.....if gun owners would get a little smarter about how they exercise their rights there would not be nearly as many issues. ....anyway....just found this interesting and thought it may provide good fodder for discussion.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/07/24/shot-fired-accidentally-at-ohio-military-recruiting-station.html
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This is a duplicate discussion and the contents have been merged with the original discussion. Click below to see more on this topic...
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/07/23/armed-volunteer-fires-shot/30574117/
I read an article about one of the civilians misfiring his AR-15 while standing guard by a recruiting station. Thankfully, nobody was hurt but it does not excuse the lack of trigger discipline. Now, I'm aware that not all civilians are as careless as this, but there are a few people out there who are trying to do what they think is right, but they do not have the training required. Therefore, I feel that it can do more harm than good if the guards are not prepared.
I ask RallyPoint because I'm curious as to what other veterans think. True, a lot of the volunteers standing guard probably have trigger discipline and training with said weapon. However, I would not say that 100% of them have the bearing, which makes me believe that a few of them are doing a lot more harm than good. By no means am I saying that all armed civilians are undisciplined (hell, some of them can teach me a thing or two), but there are a few of them that could use a bit more.... attention, as said in the article.
So my question is, do you think that armed civilians standing guard next to points of interest is for the benefit of the good, or are they going overboard? Personally, I think that the recruiters themselves should be assigned a weapon to them in self defense and be trained on it. Though, this is just my opinion and would like to hear about what the community thinks.
(Sorry for the wall of text)
I read an article about one of the civilians misfiring his AR-15 while standing guard by a recruiting station. Thankfully, nobody was hurt but it does not excuse the lack of trigger discipline. Now, I'm aware that not all civilians are as careless as this, but there are a few people out there who are trying to do what they think is right, but they do not have the training required. Therefore, I feel that it can do more harm than good if the guards are not prepared.
I ask RallyPoint because I'm curious as to what other veterans think. True, a lot of the volunteers standing guard probably have trigger discipline and training with said weapon. However, I would not say that 100% of them have the bearing, which makes me believe that a few of them are doing a lot more harm than good. By no means am I saying that all armed civilians are undisciplined (hell, some of them can teach me a thing or two), but there are a few of them that could use a bit more.... attention, as said in the article.
So my question is, do you think that armed civilians standing guard next to points of interest is for the benefit of the good, or are they going overboard? Personally, I think that the recruiters themselves should be assigned a weapon to them in self defense and be trained on it. Though, this is just my opinion and would like to hear about what the community thinks.
(Sorry for the wall of text)
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