Comments on: FORT HOOD: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/11/08/fort-hood-unanswered-questions/ Massad Ayoob on Firearms, Self-defense, and the 2nd Amendment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stirling http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/11/08/fort-hood-unanswered-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 Stirling Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:22:09 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=513#comment-1974 It's nice that the Backwoods people have their weapons at home and ready. But that is not an options at Fort Hood! I just left the active army less than a year ago and my last duty station was Fort Hood. At Fort Hood the policy is that you cannot (legally) carry a handgun on your person when on the post. In fact, if you are bringing a handgun on the post it must be 1) Registered with the Provost Marshall 2) When you bring it on post it must be unloaded and out of reach while in your vehicle 3) You are supposed to notify the gate guards when you come on post that you have the weapon and let them check your paperwork. If your intent is to fire your handgun at a shooting range on post you have to go straight to the range, shoot and then go straight off post. It blew my mind that I had a state (Texas) issued concealed carry permit and spent a year in Iraq toting a M16 around for my country but could not be trusted on post with a concealed handgun! Maybe if they did not have such a retarded policy in place regarding legal carry of concealed weapons then an incident like this might not have gotten this out of hand. This incident should show the reliability of placing all our trust in the response time of uniformed police officers. Even on a military post with Military Police officers and uniformed police officers they can't be at all places at all times! It’s nice that the Backwoods people have their weapons at home and ready. But that is not an options at Fort Hood! I just left the active army less than a year ago and my last duty station was Fort Hood. At Fort Hood the policy is that you cannot (legally) carry a handgun on your person when on the post. In fact, if you are bringing a handgun on the post it must be 1) Registered with the Provost Marshall 2) When you bring it on post it must be unloaded and out of reach while in your vehicle 3) You are supposed to notify the gate guards when you come on post that you have the weapon and let them check your paperwork. If your intent is to fire your handgun at a shooting range on post you have to go straight to the range, shoot and then go straight off post.

It blew my mind that I had a state (Texas) issued concealed carry permit and spent a year in Iraq toting a M16 around for my country but could not be trusted on post with a concealed handgun!

Maybe if they did not have such a retarded policy in place regarding legal carry of concealed weapons then an incident like this might not have gotten this out of hand. This incident should show the reliability of placing all our trust in the response time of uniformed police officers. Even on a military post with Military Police officers and uniformed police officers they can’t be at all places at all times!

]]> By: Matt http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/11/08/fort-hood-unanswered-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 Matt Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:57:46 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=513#comment-1967 "Matt, it is comparable to a .22 Magnum. A .22 Hornet has twice as much energy." I'm talking HANDLOADS on the Hornet as it's the easiest way to clone the 5.7x28 in a centerfire. “Matt, it is comparable to a .22 Magnum. A .22 Hornet has twice as much energy.”

I’m talking HANDLOADS on the Hornet as it’s the easiest way to clone the 5.7×28 in a centerfire.

]]> By: CM Smith http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2009/11/08/fort-hood-unanswered-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 CM Smith Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:44:36 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=513#comment-1965 Amazing timing to have latest American Handgunner Ayoob File cover the similar "Andy Brown" case on a USAF base in 1994. Amazing timing to have latest American Handgunner Ayoob File cover the similar “Andy Brown” case on a USAF base in 1994.

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