| fatbuckRTO |
09-18-2013 11:47 AM |
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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex
(Post 531831)
I haven't heard about 12 people being shot at a Starbucks recently.
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That actually speaks more to goof2's point, although I don't really think there's a causal relationship between the number of weapons at Starbucks and the fact that the two recent military base attacks didn't happen at Starbucks instead.
The Fort Hood shooting was a terrorist action, so Hasan's own base was the most "logical" target. Alexis is apparently just a nutjob, so in my complete layman's opinion, the attack would be most likely to happen in a place where he's most familiar (i.e. his workplace). In either case, there were overwhelming motivations to attack the base, relative to the motivations to attack some random Starbucks.
If you can get inside the gate (all you need is military or contractor ID), you will never find a bigger, softer target than a stateside US military base. As goof2 pointed out, ALL the weapons (in many cases even personal knives) are locked away in the armory and there is no concealed carry. So any attack will be met with a severely delayed response. In that respect, people on a military base have fewer means to defend themselves against firearm attacks than civilians on the outside. It is a perfect illustration of the "if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" cliche. |
