Protecting the Army from its protectors

• isadore

  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/23/recruiting-center-shot-fired.html
  
  
  
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio — The armed civilians who have been guarding a military recruitment center here are gone, ordered off the property after one of them accidentally discharged his rifle on Thursday.
  No one was injured.
  U.S. Properties Group Portfolio Four LLC, the owner of the shopping center near the River Valley Mall that includes the multi-branch military recruitment center, ordered the armed volunteers to leave just hours after the shot was fired.
  A Lancaster police officer delivered the order to several of them outside the Armed Services Career Center, saying, “God bless you,” but they had to leave.
  The armed civilians have been guarding the center since Monday.
  One of them has been charged with a misdemeanor after he accidentally fired his AR-15 rifle. Someone from the recruiting center at 1530 River Valley Blvd. flagged down an officer at 12:01 p.m. to report the incident, Lt. Shane Wilson said.
  
  
  Christopher A. Reed, 28, of Lancaster, was charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, and was issued a summons to appear in Fairfield County Municipal Court on Tuesday, according to the police incident report.
  Reed told police that he was holding his rifle outside the recruitment center when someone asked if he could take a look at it. Reed agreed, and while he was trying to clear the ammunition from the weapon, he accidentally fired one shot into the asphalt pavement.
• rmolin73

  

  What a dumbass.
• GoPens

  

  Belly?
• Belly35

  

  GoPens;1742467 wrote:Belly?

  no ... My expertise was with C4 or .45
• HitsRus

  

  You really don't need armed civilians... you have military personnel with extensive training in handling firearms. Allow them to carry weapons to defend themselves (and others) in case of a terrorist attack.
• superman

  HitsRus;1742485 wrote:You really don't need armed civilians... you have military personnel with extensive training in handling firearms. Allow them to carry weapons to defend themselves (and others) in case of a terrorist attack.

  Hey now. Don't bring common sense into this thing.
• Belly35

  

  HitsRus;1742485 wrote:You really don't need armed civilians... you have military personnel with extensive training in handling firearms. Allow them to carry weapons to defend themselves (and others) in case of a terrorist attack.

  when incompetent government, failed agenda and spineless politicians tell others how to run things they are clueless about.... Citizen need to step up to protect their own and our rights and liberty...
  Time for term limits, small government and citizen to take back our political system.. Government and public servants work for us ....
• Heretic

  

  Belly35;1742515 wrote:when incompetent government, failed agenda and spineless politicians tell others how to run things they are clueless about.... Citizen need to step up to protect their own and our rights and liberty...
  Time for term limits, small government and citizen to take back our political system.. Government and public servants work for us ....

  I know I find nothing quite as reassuring as Belly determining others are clueless and the best course of action is for him to be packin' 24/7.
• steubbigred

  Are armed forces recruiting centers even allowed in the San Fran, Berkley area?
• steubbigred

  Belly35;1742515 wrote:when incompetent government, failed agenda and spineless politicians tell others how to run things they are clueless about.... Citizen need to step up to protect their own and our rights and liberty...
  Time for term limits, small government and citizen to take back our political system.. Government and public servants work for us ....

  correct
• friendfromlowry

  Belly35;1742515 wrote:when incompetent government, failed agenda and spineless politicians tell others how to run things they are clueless about.... Citizen need to step up to protect their own and our rights and liberty...
  Time for term limits, small government and citizen to take back our political system.. Government and public servants work for us ....

  It's always enjoyable when your opinions directly conflict the discussion. "We need to protect our own!!!!"...on a thread about the military dismissing citizens because one of them was an idiot with their rifle.
  

  steubbigred;1742540 wrote:correct

  Doesn't help when this moron is agreeing with you, either.
• rmolin73

  

  
  
  Belly and steubbigred