re: #466 kirkspencer

Valid counter-argument: they were not similarly armed. Soldiers are not armed on US bases except when duty assignment requires it.

He was still on a military base surrounded by others who were trained military personnel. MP’s and security would have been armed, and the rest would have had some training in disarming/subduing an armed assailant. None of it mattered. He still went on a rampage.

I think Ft. Hood puts the lie to the idea that greater access to weapons would mean less chance of violence.