tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1613925193008137710..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Background Checks Only Work As Well As the Government That Runs ThemClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-61561235512485046372017-11-08T03:36:33.092-07:002017-11-08T03:36:33.092-07:00Responding to Mr. Gibson...
That helmet -- presum...Responding to Mr. Gibson...<br /><br />That helmet -- presuming it is a kevlar military helmet as I haven't seen it -- is readily available online. Ditto the body armor. And we ought not get ourselves wrapped around the axle about it either, brother. Those of us who condition ourselves mentally to be sheepdogs rather than sheep must be prepared to confront this kind of threat. If the wolf shows up carrying a rifle and wearing body armor... shoot him. If that first brace of bullets doesn't drop him -- shoot him again. Rinse and repeat. The best way I've seen this put is: Shoot until the bad guy changes shape or catches on fire.<br /><br />Odds are that the bad guy WILL stop when confronted with counter-violence. Getting shot wearing body armor is like getting whacked with a baseball bat; it HURTS. That kind of hurt will, at minimum, interrupt his intentions and that will save lives. Yes, you might get shot and you might die... but you're a sheepdog and you knew that was a possibility when you picked up the weapon. Right?<br /><br />Woof, woof... Cayo Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040049520295127951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-65414118967538350862017-11-07T17:16:28.527-07:002017-11-07T17:16:28.527-07:00Now they say he escaped from a mental health cente...Now they say he escaped from a mental health center after threatening his commanding officers. Definitely not self admitted. The number of rules that were broken is getting excessive. And I want to know where this guy got a helmet and a ballistic vest.James Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049975540976175810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-15619903098580353412017-11-07T14:39:31.312-07:002017-11-07T14:39:31.312-07:00Sufficient levels of Bureaucracy will protect us f...Sufficient levels of Bureaucracy will protect us from evil.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300503881720878142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-69223434375968230962017-11-07T03:31:46.777-07:002017-11-07T03:31:46.777-07:00Moreover, all four services and the Coast Guard ou...Moreover, all four services and the Coast Guard ought to be in a white-hot fury to review every court-martial conviction rising to the level of a felony conviction (i.e., an award of one year or more of confinement) for the last 75 years... and then making damned sure that every one of them is in that NICS database. <br /><br />Is that an unreasonable request? When the Walker Spy Ring was busted every command in the Navy got an immediate order to lower or eliminate every last security access (access not clearance) where it wasn't an absolute requirement to do the job. (E.g., everyone in the frigate in which I was stationed got a Confidential access as a matter of course -- cooks, boiler techs, and the kid reporting from boot camp.) We sat up most of that night pulling records, making the entries, and compiling the list to be forwarded the next morning up the chain to Big Navy. <br /><br />Somehow I'm thinking that kind of thing won't happen with this... and that the services won't budge until Congress puts boot to backsides.Cayo Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040049520295127951noreply@blogger.com