As Military Suicides Rise, Focus Is on Private Weapons [More]As long as we're at it, aren't we forgetting a group?
[Via Kevin Starrett]
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Quis Custodiet ipsos Custodes?
[Via Kevin Starrett]
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What are the other half of suicides committed with? Military issued firearms?
Surprising, yes, quite a lot of suicides in the .mil use their issue weapons and ammo.
I remember one from 2007 at Ft Knox. Young soldier in the 16 CAV had a falling out with his girl and used an M9 with ball ammo to do himself in out on a field problem. Took a year and a half to get the gun back from CID.
While the number of military suicides is clearly unacceptable, a far more common conversation amongst my military active and retired peers is the fear that a PTSD diagnosis will eventually become a disqualifier for gun ownership. I can see it among an ever growing list of 4473 disqualifiers. Remember DHS's threat profile of veterans?!
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