I'm a 'Nam veteran who did serve in a spec ops group, and when I came home and was discharged, I returned to work for an Air Shipment company and spent a year in Thailand and a few other SE countries.
I then went to college and went back to work for Uncle Sam and carried a gun in many different countries, including the USA and worked out of the states of TN, NY, FL, MI and surrounding states, then semi-retired to UT. Now fully retired somewhere on a mountain in ID.
I do not believe in any stricter gun laws; other than, mental records to be added to the checks if they are verifiable and subject to some very strict regulations.
We have enough gun laws in this country now; approx. 20,000. However, they are not enforced so why add more.
I personally know of NO veterans, from any war or police action who want stricter gun laws, and all the retired Feds I know pretty much agree, more gun laws are worthless until the ones we have are enforced. Too many times over my career I have seen people brought up on gun charges just to have them disappear, or plea bargained down to nothing more than a misdemeanor, which was a true insult to those who worked and took the risks to bring these people to justice.
As for this anti-gun vet. It is her right to join an organization that wants to take away guns from everyone. After all it is a Bloomberg organization and so long as he has his private army of security guards, he could are less if anyone else can defend themselves from those gun totting criminals or nut cases running the streets. But I really wonder how many vets are engaged with Everytown for Gun Safety?
I am often asked why a person living in ID needs to carry a gun into the city when shopping. They say nothing will ever happen. My reply is, "the people who went to a nightclub in Orlando thought it would be a great and safe night out," "the people in the luncheon in San Bernardino thought it would be a great time to sit and talk," "the soldiers in Fort Hood thought it was another nice day in TX." We never know, and besides, I have worn a gun on my side for 40 years, why change my habits now.
So to sum it up, WE DO NOT NEED ANYMORE GUN LAWS. In fact, we might look to consolidating what we currently have so that they can be managed.
I then went to college and went back to work for Uncle Sam and carried a gun in many different countries, including the USA and worked out of the states of TN, NY, FL, MI and surrounding states, then semi-retired to UT. Now fully retired somewhere on a mountain in ID.
I do not believe in any stricter gun laws; other than, mental records to be added to the checks if they are verifiable and subject to some very strict regulations.
We have enough gun laws in this country now; approx. 20,000. However, they are not enforced so why add more.
I personally know of NO veterans, from any war or police action who want stricter gun laws, and all the retired Feds I know pretty much agree, more gun laws are worthless until the ones we have are enforced. Too many times over my career I have seen people brought up on gun charges just to have them disappear, or plea bargained down to nothing more than a misdemeanor, which was a true insult to those who worked and took the risks to bring these people to justice.
As for this anti-gun vet. It is her right to join an organization that wants to take away guns from everyone. After all it is a Bloomberg organization and so long as he has his private army of security guards, he could are less if anyone else can defend themselves from those gun totting criminals or nut cases running the streets. But I really wonder how many vets are engaged with Everytown for Gun Safety?
I am often asked why a person living in ID needs to carry a gun into the city when shopping. They say nothing will ever happen. My reply is, "the people who went to a nightclub in Orlando thought it would be a great and safe night out," "the people in the luncheon in San Bernardino thought it would be a great time to sit and talk," "the soldiers in Fort Hood thought it was another nice day in TX." We never know, and besides, I have worn a gun on my side for 40 years, why change my habits now.
So to sum it up, WE DO NOT NEED ANYMORE GUN LAWS. In fact, we might look to consolidating what we currently have so that they can be managed.