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| Pentagon asks armed 'citizen guards' to stand down |
| 2015-07-27 |
| [NEWS.YAHOO] The Pentagon asked that concerned armed citizens not stand guard at military recruiting offices, saying it can handle security on its own after a shooting rampage. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Not a soldier, but it would warm my heart to know that the people I signed up to protect were willing to protect me. It all sounds very American. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-07-27 17:57 |
| #5 Said concerned armed citizens should say "show me" before standing down. |
| Posted by: JHH 2015-07-27 17:41 |
| #4 Of course, they can. They always were capable of it. But may they? Thus far the answer to that has been no. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-27 10:15 |
| #3 ThePentagon asked that concerned armed citizens not stand guard at military recruiting offices, saying it can handle security on its own after a shooting rampage. Yeah, because the previous Islamic inspired shooting at Fort Hood didn't provide you motivation to take actions. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-27 09:19 |
| #2 As Glenn Reynolds often says, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-07-27 09:10 |
| #1 Guess having the recruiters call the cops on them didn't turn out so well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-07-27 08:22 |