Bases’ anti-self-defense policy
A soldier's letter to the editor follows: "The tragic results of victim disarmament were made real with the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. If this were a moral and proper world, as soon as the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, drew his weapon, every person in the building would have had their sights leveled on him. U.S. military installations’ immoral and unjust anti-self-defense policy disarmed only the victims of this crime. How many more events like this is it going to take before Defense Department officials realize that victim disarmament costs lives and Congress amends the Uniform Code of Military...
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Tags: Congress, Defense Department Officials, Fort Hood, Letter To The Editor, Malik Hasan, Military Installations, Nidal, Self Defense, Soldier, Tragic Results, Uniform Code, Victim Disarmament