Last week, Bob Unruh at World Net Daily reported that Fort Hood soldiers were told to list their privately-owned firearms stored off post, including the make, model, serial number, and the location of the firearms. Those soldiers with weapons were reportedly placed on a "watch list." Ft. Hood soldiers has committed a lot of suicides in recent years - four in the past week alone. A record 160 soldiers committed suicide in 2009, with 140 in 2008. This trend must be reversed. But forcing soldiers to reveal information regarding privately-owned firearms stored on private property is no way to fix the problem, seems to me an infringement of their liberty. In fact, when the Army ordered soldiers at Ft. Bliss and Ft. Campbell to list their off-post weapons in 2009, the orders were rescinded as commanders were operating outside their authority. When I contacted Ft. Hood's media relations office, the only answer I got was that soldiers are not required to disclose information on firearms unless those weapons are stored on post. Now if individual soldiers are openly speaking of killing themseles or others, that might be a good time for watch lists or other actions as we saw in the case of another former Ft. Hood soldier, the jihadist Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan, who spoke openly of murdering non-Muslims - and followed through. Perhaps rather than infringing on the liberty of those that the Army has entrusted carry and fire weapons, they should devote their vast resources towards addressing the root cause of the suicide epidemic facing our warriors.
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Oct 04 2010, 03:28 AM
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