"Veterans... for more secure gun laws"

[NiteQwill]

The author of this article gets a huge

http://www.armytimes.com/story/opinion/2016/01/18/veterans-should-lead-push-secure-gun-laws/78851050/

What's comforting are the comments.

I never understand folks who join the service and advocate for limiting (eliminating) the very rights that they swear to protect. Traitors...

[Noble Cause]

Yeah, the comments are worth reading after reading the idiotic
dribblings of the author Hess.

They used the same article for Army Times and Marine Corps Times.

There is a connection between these media companies to liberal ownership,
but I can't seem to recall the connection atm.

Breitbart weighs in...

Marine Corps Times Urges Veterans To Support More Gun Control
Breitbart. 1/18/2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/18/marine-corps-time-urges-veterans-to-support-gun-control/

Noble

[OttoLoader]

According to the author, gun owners need to compromise on gun safety. Don't you know?

[GW]

So, it appears this publication isn't run by the USMC but instead some spinoff of Gannet
Agenda anyone?

[C.W.M.V.]

WTF?
Shame in army times for publishing this.
Obvious propaganda piece is obvious.
Although I don't know what the POG side of the armed forces thinks, they may very well be in favor of gun control. I know I never ever heard a fellow rifleman advocate for it. It was a very simple equation: ...solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...: 2A says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, thus no gun control.
So simple even a grunt can get it.

[mstlaurent]

One of Niven's Laws: "There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it."

[SuperSet]

Since the military reflects society, this shouldn't surprise anyone.

[The Tiger]

I have a friend, born in England, served in the U.S. army, lives in Texas, and is a total Anti. Go figure.

[DevilDawgJJ]

I urge every veteran, retiree, active or reserve military member to cancel their subscription!

[vintagearms]

I wouldn't be surprised if this were a made up person or a shill for Bloomberg

[Nick Justice]

Mr. Hess,

You said:

“But I must question the yield-no-ground attitude toward gun control that I have heard from many of my friends. Of course, we will never be able to prevent every gun crime or mass shooting, and criminals will always be able to obtain guns illegally. However, responsible gun owners should want to make it more difficult, not easier, for criminals and terrorists to obtain these weapons. Further restrictions on gun ownership would not prevent law-abiding citizens from owning guns. Extensive background checks on gun purchases should be common sense, as should training requirements for concealed carry permits.”

And what ground have the antis yielded? Can you name one area where they have backed off? That’s right, Mr Hess. You can’t. You essentially call for compromise, but you can’t name ONE thing the antis have ever given back. There has never been an exchange. How about national CCW in exchange for universal background checks? No. No deal they say. How about repealing anything that has proven to be totally ineffective, like a waiting period, or a one-gun-per-month law? No. They have never offered to repeal anything, or back down from any idea they submit. THEY are the yield-no-ground camp. Take a look at CA, NY, HI, MD, MA, NJ, (and CO and WA lately) for the last 100 years. You have no idea what has been going on.

And what other “common sense” laws will you support when another tragedy occurs? Chuck Schumer laughed and said that ” the NRA was right” just after the Brady law passed. He let everyone know that this was only the beginning. The antis have said “All we want is .....” Then, after they get it, they demand more, and more, and more. They will not stop (CA dems stopped looking for excuses years ago).

You say:
“ We should be willing to at least consider other forms of gun control, such as prohibitions on military-grade assault rifles, like those used in San Bernardino”

Have you ever heard of the NFA? Or of California? You could not have made this comment, referring to San Bernardino, CA, if you had known about CA laws. By the way, the CA “assault weapons” ban does not ban any “military grade” weapons. It banned SEMI-AUTO guns. Not the select-fire weapons you handled. The NFA regulated and registered machine guns starting in 1934, and the Lautenberg Amendment to the 1986 FOPA closed the registry.

Please research and learn about your subject before you write such an article.

You got to fight international terrorist with .50 cal machine guns, tanks, artillery, etc.
My almost 30 years shooting, training (by NRA and gov personnel), practice, certification as a shooting instructor, law degree, several extensive background checks, and (here in CA) I get $#!+

You swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. So did I. Please work to keep it.

[Nick Justice]

I wouldn't be surprised if this were a made up person or a shill for Bloomberg

I he is, I just fell for it.