Oakland Airport Outrage

[Forwhat420]

thats right ^

[yokinazu]

you have to sign out your weopon or weopons from the armoury. you are responsible for keeping and returning said weopon. i actually at one time had 5 i was resposible for, m-16 , .45 pstol , m-240 machine gun (7.62 mm) and an m-2 .50 cal machne gun , plus my bayonet. not to mention things like night sights ,binos etc. all of wich i was responsible to maintain. some things were put on the tank and signed over to some one else wich became their responsiblity but not personal weopons i.e. m-16 and .45. i had to buy the army a new bayonet because i broke mine

[Torog]

you have to sign out your weopon or weopons from the armoury. you are responsible for keeping and returning said weopon. i actually at one time had 5 i was resposible for, m-16 , .45 pstol , m-240 machine gun (7.62 mm) and an m-2 .50 cal machne gun , plus my bayonet. not to mention things like night sights ,binos etc. all of wich i was responsible to maintain. some things were put on the tank and signed over to some one else wich became their responsiblity but not personal weopons i.e. m-16 and .45. i had to buy the army a new bayonet because i broke mine

Howdy yokinazu,

Thanx for yer service

Now then..I reckon that yer right about the idiot behind the desk,but this has happened more than once at Oakland and that there desk jockey needs to be fired and maybe his manager too.

Another bone that I would like to pick,is that it is highly unlikely,that anyone-even a muslim jihadist,would be able to take a weapon from a Marine or anyone else trained in combat and not only that-but have a supply of correct ammo to use in any given weapon..and not only that-but be wandering around near a group of soldiers carrying empty weapons..especially if they are in the security area.

This is a crazy,bass-ackwards,pc policy and if we can't trust our soldiers to retain their weapons..then who can we trust ?

It dang sure ain't the liberals who are scared of guns !

I wish that you could have come back to the States through Dallas/Ft.Worth airport..not only would y'all have been properly disembarked,but treated like the heroes that y'all are.

Have a good one ! :jointsmile:

[Psycho4Bud]

MajesticWhelk, MUCH respect to your friend and his/her family! Fact is though, we all know that there is Al-Quada in Iraq and untill they are able to kick ass on their own we need to be there for the assist.

Have a good one!:s4:

[yokinazu]

it is highly unlikly that some one would take a soldiers weopon but the possibility is there.just a single moment of in-attention is all it takes. and ammo well if someone is holdig a pistol to the pilots head i dont think he will notice that it has no bullets. i think in all actuallity he will assume that the weopon is loaded.

i am a liberal and i do not agree with many of the things gon on. so please remember that just because some of us are wack jobs they dont speak for all. just like there are wacko conservatives and i know they donot speak for all conservatives.

this may be a screwed up situation in iraq, i may not agree with bush and his policies, but the soldiers need and should be given respect.

no one prays for peace more than the soldier.

[psychocat]

There is no way in hell you are taking a weapon from a trained soldier without him noticing IMO , I have never lost a weapon and I've carried enough of them. Returning to a civilian base you are required to empty your weapon and hand in the mags and rounds.

[yokinazu]

like i said it is highly unlikely to get asoldiers weopon but the possibility exists.

i never lost custody of a weopon either but i have run into some dumbasses in my time

also like i said if you hold a pistol to the back of a persons head they are goin to assume it is loaded

notice im not saying it will happen im just saying it is possible

airport rules are no weopons among civilians to eliminate that possibility

we thought it would be highly unlikly that a group of terrorist could highjack 4 planes destroy the world trade center and damage the pentagon all in the same day. but it was possible at it beame reality

[Forwhat420]

why do all us vets smoke??????LOL... I just built a home made vap and it was cool.... just to get on a better subject. Like someone said on here before LET THE OLD MEN WHO CREATE THE WARS FIGHT THE WARS. WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ENEMYS. But what happens when are forces are streched so thin that we dont have protection in our own country because all major bases are ownly operating at only about 30% full force right now?

[yokinazu]

a little somethig i forgot
thank you for the appreciation

[Torog]

a little somethig i forgot
thank you for the appreciation

Howdy yokinazu,

I understand where yer comin from,but I still think that our troops should be treated with the utmost respect and it pisses me off when liberals act like they can't trust our own soldiers.

I'm a Navy vet myself and I reckon that it's hard for me to understand how liberals see us as the enemy and look the other way,when jihadists committ terrible atrocities against our troops and civilians,every day.

Have a good one ! :jointsmile: