The media did their job on reporting that the airport guardes were essentially unarmed. Guns need bullets, if the National Guard can't be trusted with live rounds then they don't need to be there.
They did blow it in Somalia however, Christ...</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, I think they should have kept their mouths shut on that one. It's not that the Guard can't be trusted with live rounds, it's that somebody could punch out a Guardsman and grab the gun. With or without it being loaded. I worried about this when I travelled to Toronto in October; in our little two strip airport, there was suddenly a skinny little guy with a CAR-15 who wouldn't have known what to do in ANY case, bless his heart.
As for the media, in general, I have no use for them. The main problem is that they don't have to abide by the logical consequences of their behavior and/or espoused opinions. Pyotr Jennings, for instance, has armed bodyguards, but thinks that the rest of us should have gun control. It's easy for the "media" to tell us what WE should do and how WE should live, without having to deal with it themselves. Plus, I despise anyone who pushes an agenda without acknowledging it. At least JESSE HELMS is honest about his right-wing bent.
The Outsider,that was a good link.I wonder why that hasn't been picked up by any of the other news outlets,I guess they are afraid to criticize their own.
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The media did their job on reporting that the airport guardes were essentially unarmed. Guns need bullets, if the National Guard can't be trusted with live rounds then they don't need to be there.
They did blow it in Somalia however, Christ...</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, I think they should have kept their mouths shut on that one. It's not that the Guard can't be trusted with live rounds, it's that somebody could punch out a Guardsman and grab the gun. With or without it being loaded. I worried about this when I travelled to Toronto in October; in our little two strip airport, there was suddenly a skinny little guy with a CAR-15 who wouldn't have known what to do in ANY case, bless his heart.
As for the media, in general, I have no use for them. The main problem is that they don't have to abide by the logical consequences of their behavior and/or espoused opinions. Pyotr Jennings, for instance, has armed bodyguards, but thinks that the rest of us should have gun control. It's easy for the "media" to tell us what WE should do and how WE should live, without having to deal with it themselves. Plus, I despise anyone who pushes an agenda without acknowledging it. At least JESSE HELMS is honest about his right-wing bent.