No additional security around the complex where she works was present today. It was very much business as usual. I’m pretty disgusted by it! For whatever reason, they are not taking the threat seriously."My guess is that security coming on post is going to be a bit tougher for a while.
Maybe something like 100% stop and inspect for a few days."
Nope, business as usual this morning when I came through the gate. We were not notified of this incident. I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't read about it this morning here.
OkieJoe, my lamentations about this happening to your wife.
Though I do however think it is interesting your recounting and push for more gun control from it so expediently.
I might have the exact 180* opposite reaction, blame the current gun control laws/base installation restrictions and advocate for carrying by responsible individuals.
And yes. I enter most military installations across the state of OK. It sucks to drive around the state unarmed all the time just simply because I’m spending an hour or two at a base. So, in essence, the Fed Gov restricts my rights to defend myself everywhere because of where I tread occasionally. Interesting how that works. Sure, I COULD get each base commander’s approval and special letter to carry onto post, but which one should I start with first?
First, thank you for your concern. Secondly, I don’t want more gun control. All kinds of thoughts were going through my head, and I didn’t express all my thoughts clearly. My first honest thought was a desire to hurt the person that made the threat, and I am definitely not happy with the current gun laws and base restrictions. After I learned this morning that no precautions were being taken on post, I was and still am angry as hell. All I could do yesterday was think about the different aspects of the situation. One of them was mental stability, and I couldn’t get past that one. I don’t favor red flag laws which is why it seems to me that it is an impossible problem to solve. Like many have said, I strongly believe that being armed is probably the best protection against gun violence.OkieJoe, my lamentations about this happening to your wife.
Though I do however think it is interesting your recounting and push for more gun control from it so expediently.
I might have the exact 180* opposite reaction, blame the current gun control laws/base installation restrictions and advocate for carrying by responsible individuals.
And yes. I enter most military installations across the state of OK. It sucks to drive around the state unarmed all the time just simply because I’m spending an hour or two at a base. So, in essence, the Fed Gov restricts my rights to defend myself everywhere because of where I tread occasionally. Interesting how that works. Sure, I COULD get each base commander’s approval and special letter to carry onto post, but which one should I start with first?
You definitely know more than me about how these things work. CID was at the clinic yesterday afternoon so I can only hope that he is sitting in some cage right now.I would venture that CID is not only on it, they have probably contacted said individual or his CoC if he was a soldier or dependent. If he was not, then they have contacted the local authorities. If the latter, he won't get on post unless he's cutting wire and hiking in. If the former, he's most likely cuffed and stuffed. CID doesn't F around like the MPs and locals do. I've dealt with them professionally in the past and although they get a bad rap trying to set people up, they will crush a MF for something like this. They keep it on the downlow as well. You won't hear about anything and they don't answer to very many people...certainly not the FBI or some other feds except maybe Marshals.
To address the lack of locking down post, If they locked it down for every B threat or Death threat, etc, it would never be open. That's just reality. Don't think that because they are conducting business as usual, that somebody's not watching or conducting security.
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