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2016-05-07 -Land of the Free

This Week in Guns, May 7th, 2016

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Posted by badanov 2016-05-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 American Egyption Said murdered his two daughters, Amina and Sarah Said, in Texas. His family no doubt facilitated his escape and continued evasion of capture. This shows that even in America, a tight nit group can assist another escape justice after a brutal murder of innocent people. Some even believe Said is still driving a cab deep in the concrete jungles of NYC. Under current conditions this evasion of justice is doable in the US.

However, if the Trump approach of going after the family with real pressure had been used, maybe justice would have been served by now.

Posted by Ho Chi Crinens5363 2016-05-07 00:31|| 2016-05-07 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I am not longer comfortable with violating the civil liberties just to "serve the interest of justice."

Find some other way.

American civil liberties have been wrecked all on the alter of law, justice and antiterrorism. It is past time for that to end.

Find some other way.

Posted by badanov 2016-05-07 00:45|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-05-07 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3 The article is short but comprehensive, so you come away with the idea that for all the protestations over the oath that enlistees utter when they join US security services, hell yes, those men and women will willingly fire on US citizens if ordered to Plenty of examples exist in the past which support this conclusion. Aided by all those NIMBY attitudes to keep ugly and smelly vitals in the outlands..

Yep, except when they realize it's their own kin they're told to kill. Why do you think the Party brought in outsiders to do the killing in Beijing? It'll fracture the armed forces. That won't be able to control the entire population. We couldn't turn things around in Iraq till the Iraqis decided they had skin in the game and joined in the pacification process. All those rails, bridges, and power lines are going to be very tough to keep open or operational to the major cities. Cold/Baked and on rationed food doesn't make for stability.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-05-07 08:59|| 2016-05-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 You can now get a fully functional 3" Ordinance Rifle with implements for $7,500.00.The limber and limber chest are extra.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-05-07 10:49|| 2016-05-07 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 In this age of Euro suicide bombers wearing civilian clothes, female Paleo teenagers stabbing innocent Joos, suicide bomber Boko Haram children, who's a noncombatant on visual inspection? Few wear uniforms in this era of non-state warfare, and that Islamist Militia guy who just set his AK down is not a noncombatant...

Bombing an Islamist training camp is likely to kill some noncombatant camp-followers but it should still get done

Posted by Frank G 2016-05-07 11:17|| 2016-05-07 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I read the entire linked essay, and some of the comment thread. I'v been now retired from the military for nearly as long as I was in it for a career, and now and again I wrote on SSDB about illegal orders. And it was always my own contention that - yes, you might be given them, and it might seem initially the easiest way out to be to obey them ... but you ought not. Not if you wanted to sleep at night for years to come.

It always appeared to me that the best defense against being given illegal or even somewhat questionable orders was to be, and to cultivate the appearance of being such an absolute straight-arrow and obstinate stickler for old-fashioned morality -- that one would never be given an illegal or questionable order to begin with.
The military likely has changed since I retired from it, though.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2016-05-07 19:15|| http://celiahayes.com 2016-05-07 19:15|| Front Page Top

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