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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3301770" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>This is true... rich Saudi princes and sons of prominent families get commissions in their military and become fighter pilots - it's a status thing. At least this is my understanding, I haven't been there. Just what I've read. But, I don't know if we should block all Saudis from ever obtaining flight (or any) training in the US. I mean, I really don't. It's like painting all gun owners with a broad brush because of some bad actors.</p><p></p><p>I think we should have a seriously stringent vetting process, for anyone flying military aircraft and obtaining military training to do so.</p><p></p><p>This IS just one more example of how gun-free zones don't work, though. It's a major crime to carry a firearm on a military base, right? I mean, I've skipped out on things like airshows because I have a firearm in my truck and don't have anywhere I can leave it, or don't want to. But did these rules stop this guy from bringing a gun on base? No. Do they use metal detectors and patdowns for every employee coming on base? No. I think NAS Pensacola has something like 20-25k employees? It's not feasible, and when you've literally got thousands of US military (and obviously other nations' military) on base, this guy coulda been brought down in literally seconds after he pulled out his weapon. Instead we have 3 dead and 8 wounded.</p><p></p><p>But should we ban people from any other country from obtaining military training in the U.S.? I don't know, we've had plenty of our own home-grown terrorists, too.</p><p></p><p>It's a symptom of a greater problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3301770, member: 9374"] This is true... rich Saudi princes and sons of prominent families get commissions in their military and become fighter pilots - it's a status thing. At least this is my understanding, I haven't been there. Just what I've read. But, I don't know if we should block all Saudis from ever obtaining flight (or any) training in the US. I mean, I really don't. It's like painting all gun owners with a broad brush because of some bad actors. I think we should have a seriously stringent vetting process, for anyone flying military aircraft and obtaining military training to do so. This IS just one more example of how gun-free zones don't work, though. It's a major crime to carry a firearm on a military base, right? I mean, I've skipped out on things like airshows because I have a firearm in my truck and don't have anywhere I can leave it, or don't want to. But did these rules stop this guy from bringing a gun on base? No. Do they use metal detectors and patdowns for every employee coming on base? No. I think NAS Pensacola has something like 20-25k employees? It's not feasible, and when you've literally got thousands of US military (and obviously other nations' military) on base, this guy coulda been brought down in literally seconds after he pulled out his weapon. Instead we have 3 dead and 8 wounded. But should we ban people from any other country from obtaining military training in the U.S.? I don't know, we've had plenty of our own home-grown terrorists, too. It's a symptom of a greater problem. [/QUOTE]
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