Quote Originally Posted by coloccw View Post
His thought was that his ONLY action was to lay there and wait to die??? That is a mindset issue, not a need for a firearm. If all he had available was a gov issue stapler then everyone in that room should have been ready to jump the shooter immediately and kept pounding staples in the shooters head until the threat was gone. That LTs letter, although well written, was nothing more than an armchair QB note saying "well, if would have done something if I had a gun..." That LT should be court marshaled for negligence. The US military has become so pussified that the normal response is not to run towards gunfire but to cower from it. I am disgusted...
I see your take on the letter but likewise i have seen enough libtard emotionally based arguments that I throw up a bit in my mouth now every time I hear them. I'm looking at this letter, looking at the intended target audience and what he is trying to say using the same emotional based argument tactics the other side seems to use so much better. He is pretty much taking the active shooter policies and procedures wrapping them up with a bowtie of emotion and throwing it policy maker's faces.

I read an article, that I should have kept, that stated (hugely paraphrasing of course) that the reason why both sides of the issue can't even have a conversation any more is because one side is using emotion and the other side is using logic. The article recommended using emotionally based arguments to counter emotionally based arguments which is what this guy did.
I wasn't there, I didn't see the his actions, other's actions, the shooters actions, floor layout, etc etc. I'll commend him based on his tactics OF this letter vs his tactics IN this situation as i wasn't there.

As for me, I work in a similar environment and have my own personal mindset that varies from the official policy/procedure and I'm ok with that.

As for what Mickboy said above bout Afghan 2011-I lost a classmate, a guy who I threw back a few beers with back in the day and a guy who worked one floor below mine in the same unit although we never crossed paths. That situation was beyond F-uped and still boils my blood. 'Leaders' should have been fired over that.