Active shooter at Fort Hood

[GreenBat]

http://www.ksat.com/news/reports-3-soldiers-shot-at-fort-hood/25291332

[Harry]

Unbelievable

[UNT90]

I dead, 14 injured I just heard on the radio.

Shooter dead of self inflicted wound. Don't know if that is the 1 or not.

Always blows my mind that our military folks are not allowed to carry weapons on their own base. Craziness.

Edited April 2, 2014 by UNT90

[UNT90]

4 dead now. Will probably rise.

[All About UNT]

I dead, 14 injured I just heard on the radio.

Shooter dead of self inflicted wound. Don't know if that is the 1 or not.

Always blows my mind that our military folks are not allowed to carry weapons on their own base. Craziness.

While it sucks that when the shooting starts that most can't defend themselves I can think of MANY people I served with that I would NEVER want to see carrying a weapon. There are a lot of crazy, nothing to lose and young misguided types in the military and giving everyone a sidearm or rifle on base would only increase the amount of shootings that occur.

[UNT90]

While it sucks that when the shooting starts that most can't defend themselves I can think of MANY people I served with that I would NEVER want to see carrying a weapon. There are a lot of crazy, nothing to lose and young misguided types in the military and giving everyone a sidearm or rifle on base would only increase the amount of shootings that occur.

Actually agree, and not trying to be political here, but it seems allowing commissioned officers to carry weapons would be a good thing.

[All About UNT]

I would suggest that if they haven't already implemented an armed watch at the Medical and Admin facilities on base.... that they should. I believe that Hasan was inside of a transition facility when he started shooting as well. These are not areas that you would normally see people armed in.

Last week a shooting occurred on the USS Mahan and it could have been a whole lot worse had the Rover not come through and taken the shooter out. However if that shooting had occurred at the Navy Medical facility (not the hospital in Portsmouth) then a lot more people would have possibly died due to a lack of firearm carrying watches in Admin facilities.

[GreenBat]

Update at 8:30 Wednesday

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/reports-fort-hood-on-lockdown-after-reports-of-several-injured-by-active-shooter.html/

[FirefightnRick]

Someone on TV finally gets it and refused to give the shooter's name.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/04/kelly-refuses-to-use-ft-hood-shooters-name-186232.html?hp=l2

Rick

[SilverEagle]

Someone on TV finally gets it and refused to give the shooter's name.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/04/kelly-refuses-to-use-ft-hood-shooters-name-186232.html?hp=l2

Rick

John McCaa with Channel 8 also refused to give the name. And he also told the audience that because he doesn't know who's watching the broadcast, he and his co-host will not reveal all that they know about the situation. He also encouraged anyone on the base to not tweet their location on the base.

Even before this incident, I have had the highest regard for John McCaa as a professional.

Edited April 3, 2014 by SilverEagle

[UNT90]

This gives me hope. If we can get my all the media to voluntarily do this, you will see the number of these drop like the 2008 stock market.

Stop glorifying killers.

[SilverEagle]

While it sucks that when the shooting starts that most can't defend themselves I can think of MANY people I served with that I would NEVER want to see carrying a weapon. There are a lot of crazy, nothing to lose and young misguided types in the military and giving everyone a sidearm or rifle on base would only increase the amount of shootings that occur.

While it sucks that when the shooting starts that most can't defend themselves I can think of MANY people I served with that I would NEVER want to see carrying a weapon. There are a lot of crazy, nothing to lose and young misguided types in the military and giving everyone a sidearm or rifle on base would only increase the amount of shootings that occur.

...and to illustrate your point. A scene from Full Metal Jacket