Opinion
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “Decline is a choice.” ~ Victor Davis Hanson
Nogun Shogun!?
Our current Secretary of Defense is apparently no supporter of the armed warrior concept, and is thus a real disappointment to those of us who are.
When visiting troops deployed on our southern border today, he said:
“Troops are only there in an engineering capacity and will be laying out barbed-wire fences. Troops doing that obviously are not armed. They don’t need their weapons.”
Obviously? Don’t need weapons? He is betting their very lives on that casual, and naive, assumption.
Dead troopers during the Ft Hood massacre were also assured that they “didn’t need weapons.”
Curious that in 2018, when civilians are arming-up and routinely going armed in “rear areas,” our soldiers deployed to front lines, an extremely dangerous border, are by order, defenseless.
Will it take yet another pitiable massacre of our unarmed soldiers to demonstrate the naive foolishness of this doctrine?
We’re proudly told of the magnificent weapons training these troopers have received. Who are more qualified to bear arms than these?
And yet, and yet:
They are still not trusted with guns, even when deployed to extremely dangerous areas.
Our enemies are laughing, and celebrating.
“That nation is surest to live in peace, that is most capable of making war; and a man with a sword always by his side, shall have least occasion to make use of it.” ~ John Trenchard
/John
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If you aren’t going to arm the soldiers on the border so they can protect themselves, you might just as well hire a bunch of illegal aliens to string the concertina wire. It would be cheaper and less risky to American citizens. If a few of them get shot it won’t stop the program, there are plenty of them here.
When I was in the Army, in the late 70’s to late 80’s, on the US base where I was assigned I found out that the Military Police were carrying 45’s with an empty magazine, and of the multiple magazines they also carried only one was allowed to contain exactly 5 rounds. So this level of stupidity is not new. It is caused I think by the same kind of fake risk averse BS as having gun free zones. If the people who can and do carry the pistol being empty means there is never ever an accidental shooting. Stupidity.
Author: tomcat14
Comment:
Posse Comitatus Act
That applies to fed troops used against US citizens.
I lived and worked along the border in New Mexico for 20 years and was NEVER stupid enough to be there without being armed. I was shot at 3 times over the years while in the border country, never hit (thank God), with 2 of the shots coming out of Mexico. It has always been and still is a dangerous place.
Posse Comitatus act is not applicable when defense of our borders is involved. The military is not employed in arresting citizens. The purpose of the CBP is to interdict illegal entry. The Army can be used in that effort as well. Forgottn is the fact that CBP has been fired upon cross border. We are being invaded. What use is the army if we don’t use them to repel invaders. Arm the soldiers.
The author of this piece needs to read the constitution for himself! The National Guard can be armed and on duty in our continental states but the army cannot be used in that manner on US soil. The president and his secretary of defense have a far more intricate problem to deal with in this border situation then any of you appear to appreciate.
It would seem that you are all forgetting that the US military cannot be deployed in our nation in a military offensive manner. You should read your constitution and you will know what President Trump and his Cabinet are dealing with in this situation. It is far more inticate than you are aware of.
Posse Comitatus Act
Some Military leaders act like Hollywood types, they consider the troops as cannon fodder, expendable.
Putting unarmed soldiers anywhere is pure foolishness. That “Leader” should be relieved of his position.
Yep. You’d think being on a Military base would be one of the safest places to be. Amazingly not so.
It’s safer being off base where the people are armed. Who knows…perhaps we might have to defend them?