Hitler wanted basically the same thing.

yes, he did...

I guess Obama isn't the reincarnation of Abe afterall

#2 | Posted by Bani

No he is not. I am sure all the messiah followers are at the cleaners geting their brown shirts pressed.

Not to discredit the article, but anything "submitted by a reader who got this through email" is questionable.

Ok, so I guess I'm discrediting the article.

Does the guy who's signature is at the bottom of the list even exist, and does he hold the position stated in said signature?

Has anyone attempted to contact his office and ask him what the purpose of this inventory is?

Has anyone considered that this is SOP?

2nd Ammendment?? What be that?

And just what does the 2nd Amendment have to do with the Military wanting a list of all it's loaned out Decommissioned Equipment from the VFW?

Knee Jerk Jerk........

The VFw SHOULD SAY " WE DON'T HAVE ANY".

Oppss sorry

From the article--

"Military officials insist the policy is not connected to a recent controversial Department of Homeland Security report that warned disgruntled veterans could pose a national security threat. Rather, the inventory of private guns is aimed at stemming what the Army claims is an increasing number of accidental discharges by gun-toting soldiers,"

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So how many stories are we hearing about gun-toting VFW dudes accidentally firing their weapons?

It is a common practice for VFW honor guard units to use M-1 rifles made into blank firing devices for salutes at parades and funerals. Weapons held by VFW posts are generally kept under lock and key in storage rooms.

In fact, one much younger guy who was visiting a nearby grave came over to watch, and walked up to me afterwards and said he hoped I didn't mind that he had come up so close to our funeral site in order to watch but he had never seen a 21-gun salute done before. I told him of course we didn't mind.

Most of the veterans who fired their weapons that day were in their 70's and older. Hardly a threat to the general populace and hardly "disgruntled."

In fact it's hard to even find a real bugler who knows how to play "Taps" anymore at veteran's funerals as so few veterans who know how to play it are still alive. For most veterans funerals today they instead use a recording of "Taps."

So how many stories are we hearing about gun-toting VFW dudes accidentally firing their weapons?

#8 | Posted by MURPHY at 2009-06-10 09:47 PM

ZERO!

"who knows how to play "Taps""

The Missing Man formation gets me every time.

The current administration is looking to us who have served this country as their new enemy: Very Interesting [Ref: Artie Johnson]. '

"Has anyone considered that this is SOP?"

Fuck no. It's easier (funner too) to make up conspiracy theories.

Whose weapons are they?

The US govt or the VFW?

They should be inventoried and tracked.

They belong to us.

The VFw SHOULD SAY " WE DON'T HAVE ANY".
Oppss sorry
#7 | Posted by chickenrancher at 2009-06-10 09:06 PM

and

Whose weapons are they?
The US govt or the VFW?
They should be inventoried and tracked.
They belong to us.
#15 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-06-11 10:37 AM

They must already be tracked, perhaps this may simply be a sloppy infiltration into illegal weapons trading? I would presume that many of you gun-toters are educated and often work in a field where guns are de facto present. The same would apply with veterans, their friends abroad, their family, probably throughout their entire lives. They would presumably have better access to who, where and how illegal weapons trading operates which makes them as much of a liability as an asset.

Imo, a new "face" is being painted here. A "less able to shoot you dead with his military issue boom stick" kind of face. Since they are going to do this without public consent I will assume that commanders at the highest levels do not want a citizenry that can fight it's own volunteer military, so they'll probably import National Guard and outsource our forces at the same time. Imagine the hilarity if something terrifying really does occur, mass-panic ensues whereby citizens need to take up arms in defense.. only, there won't be arms to be taken up in some of the most tactically capable of hands. Irony or baloney? Fortunately there are loads of catalyst forces from which to choose to start our Smoldering Americana Sojourn. We've got our selection from natural disasters, industrial accidents, objects falling from orbit to military biohazards, luggage nukes with matching EMP and classy P210 atomizer, mysterious agency quarantines and subsequent dirty bombings, fanatic terrorist dramas from within Mosques, Churches and Synagogues, or even a lovely array of suicide families, local cells and delightful single gun Sinatras. I'm still holding out for a zombie plague or some British gay bomb - speak of which, I just saw Sashas crotch in Eminems face. Now, that's Kyles money..

"Please do not try and hide this as all weapons and equipment not accounted for will be reported to the FBI and BATF as stolen military equipment," writes Dan West, retired Sgt. USMC. "I am hopeful that I need not remind anyone of the severity of punishment that can be administered or the legal bills resulting from individuals or elected officers of the Post having possession of stolen military weapons."

For TACOM to perform thousands of embarrassing prosecutions is ridiculous. Whomever winds up with this sorry duty must perform with elegance and tact, but you know how far you can tip-toe in swamp boots.. not very.

.. I'm still holding out for a zombie plague or some British gay bomb..

To clarify, I would not believe that shooting bullets into people would be solvable to either of these scenario, particularly since I don't possess any guns, knives or bombs.