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?!
What are the other half of suicides committed with? Military issued firearms?
ReplyDeleteSurprising, yes, quite a lot of suicides in the .mil use their issue weapons and ammo.
ReplyDeleteI 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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