Normally on a night like tonight I would
be sitting down to write an editorial/op-ed piece concerning the psychological
mindset of the nation and the ever approaching totalitarian state. Tonight
however I feel obligated to discuss the Fort Hood shooting. There is little
doubt that the theories concerning psychological control of the population
could be added to this discussion; after all, gun control is certainly to
reemerge as a result. I would also like to state there is little to no chance I
could write an objective news story without adding my opinions and attempting
to compare the shooting to attempts to condition people to accept further gun
control. There are people much more suited to that kind of writing, so I will
let them handle that.
There are a couple of points that need to
be discussed here. First, how could this happen after the 2009 mass shooting
perpetrated by confessed jihadist, Nidal Hassan in 2009 at the same base?
Second, how could this happen after a report was released two days ago warning
of a former Army recruit expressing his desires to wage jihad on a military
instillation? It is no surprise of course to hear the young man has a
Muslim name. What is a surprise however is to hear official investigators claim
that there appears to be no connection to terrorism. Right.
We all know what’s coming next, the push
for more gun control. I wouldn't be surprised, given the devious nature of left
wing socialists; to find out they expect us to believe a shooting on a military
installation, where there are bigger and more guns, is proof that civilians
shouldn't have them. This would counter the argument made by us right wing gun
fanatics that people are safer where there is less gun control, not more. This
is evident by the fact that if you remove America's biggest gun control cities
from the list, our national murder rate drops, making us one of the safest
nations in the world. How many gun control liberals are willing to move to
Chicago, where the failures of their gun control schemes are self evident? We
all know the answer to that, but that won’t stop the gun control freaks.
Actually, a military installation isn't
that different from Chicago or any other big time gun control city. Only
military police or other personnel serving in a capacity where there may be a
threat to life or property may be armed. Military personnel who live on base
must surrender their personal POF's, "personally owner firearms" to
their company armory's, and obtain permission to draw them out for personal
use. At least that's how it was when I was in. Also, it should be noted for
those that may not know, any vehicle that has a DOD decal on the front
windshield is able to make it onto any installation with out being stopped for
inspection. Guards at the gate have discretion, if they choose to search any
vehicle, but typically, it is those vehicles that do not have the DOD decal
that are searched. This begs to question another point made earlier in the
article. Why was there no extra precautions being taken when there was a report
issued days before concerning threats of a recruit, with a Muslim name,
expressing desires to kill Americans? It is probably because we didn't want to
offend anyone. Finally, many people attribute the insane policy of leaving our
military troops helpless to Bill Clinton, but in reality, it was a directive
ordered by George
H.W. Bush before Clinton was even president, proof that liberals and
phony conservatives can agree on a few things.
In summary, it can be argued that the Fort
Hood shooting that occurred today is just another in a long line of needless
tragedies. Not because good law abiding people have guns, but precisely because
they didn't. It wasn't the failure of government to legislate good gun control strategies;
it was the failure to develop strategies that enforce current laws. It was the
failure to put into place effective security measures driven by a misguided
social initiative called political correctness. There was no reason whatsoever
that each and every military installation around the country wasn't on full
alert status after the report of a suspected jihadist was released this week.
Its time we start being honest with ourselves America, because until we do
these tragedies will keep occurring because we aren't even addressing the real
reason why they are occurring.
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