The Lounge Board

Joined: 10/29/2001 Posts: 11476
Likes: 1194

What's this?

Every time I hear this suggestion, I think of Chris Kyle.

Chris Kyle was the Navy SEAL sniper featured in the movie American Sniper. He was a highly decorated combat veteran with 150 confirmed kills and countless hours spent in combat. If anyone was ready for crap to go down, it was him. In 2013, Kyle and a friend took a 25-year old Marine veteran to a training range in the strange belief that this would help the guy with his PTSD. On the way to the range, Kyle suspected this guy was dangerous, texted his friend that this guy was dangerous, and the friend agreed. Both Kyle and his friend were armed and yet they were both shot dead before they could unholster their weapons.

Kyle suspected the man he was with was dangerous, and Kyle was armed and as trained and experienced with firearms as anyone could be. To the extent that anyone could be prepared and forewarned for a situation, Kyle was. And yet this mentally unstable guy shot two armed, highly trained men dead and drove away.

I could spend the rest of my life at a firing range and never develop a fraction of the mastery Chris Kyle had with fire arms. So how the hell is a gun going to help me?

(In response to this post by fordham)

Posted: 02/16/2018 at 4:48PM

PREV NEXT REPLY

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:

Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:

Current Thread:

So an awful story gets...awfuler -- JoesterVT 02/16/2018 1:13PM

In Virginia -- TomTurkey 02/16/2018 5:29PM

He was someone known to have mental illness, but still got a gun -- vt_mughal 02/16/2018 4:32PM

But that's the catch -- what's the cut-off for mental illness? -- HWA 02/16/2018 5:14PM

Yeah, that is the part I don't have a good answer for -- Tafkam Hokie 02/16/2018 5:53PM

Also his mental illness was identified when he was a kid. -- EDGEMAN 02/16/2018 6:41PM

This one seems obvious, but often it's no-win for police/FBI -- HWA 02/16/2018 2:43PM

There isn't really much they could have done. -- Naelbis 02/16/2018 2:52PM

Yea, they could take his guns for some kind of reason and then wait for -- fordham 02/16/2018 3:06PM

I think that anyone who conveyed a threat can have his firearms... -- EDGEMAN 02/16/2018 6:36PM

Yeah, that is a civil rights violation. -- Naelbis 02/16/2018 3:39PM

Federal judges are on duty -- TomTurkey 02/16/2018 3:08PM

Still doesn't explain the local FBI not getting the message. Maybe they -- 48zip 02/16/2018 3:08PM

Yeah, they had plenty of reason to pay him a visit. ** -- reestuart 02/16/2018 3:39PM

Send Tony Baretta and his cockatoo ** -- TomTurkey 02/16/2018 3:51PM

It is probably better to rely on yourself to protect -- fordham 02/16/2018 2:33PM

Every time I hear this suggestion, I think of Chris Kyle. -- SDHokie 02/16/2018 4:48PM

Did you post this on Twitter? It's verbatim -- tylerhokie 02/16/2018 7:01PM

Uh, it gives you a chance -- MEHOKIE 02/16/2018 6:49PM

Civilization is a failure, amirite? ** -- Beerman 02/16/2018 4:17PM

So give every kid a gun? ** -- NokieHokie 02/16/2018 3:12PM

And a Sherman tank to drive to and from school ** -- VTHokie2000 02/16/2018 3:34PM

Serious question. What could they do? Had he broken any laws related to a -- Femoyer Hokie 02/16/2018 2:24PM

Conspiracy... they could entrap him in a sting -- HokieHutch 02/16/2018 11:13PM

No excuses on this one. That guy was a living, breathing red flag -- HokieNoVA 02/16/2018 2:10PM

Not nobody. A couple of people did, hence the story. ** -- 48zip 02/16/2018 2:18PM

So, who is best to call? Local, state or fed? If there were many visits -- 48zip 02/16/2018 1:53PM

Local had been called to the residence 37(?) times in the last couple years -- EDGEMAN 02/16/2018 6:33PM

Sheriff said 20 calls. Not all resulted in visits. ** -- 48zip 02/16/2018 9:33PM

Local or State. FBI failed in Orlando and failed in Parkland -- OrlandoHokie 02/16/2018 2:10PM

Maybe local, state, and Feds don't always share data -- VTHokie2000 02/16/2018 2:02PM

I would start with the officer posted and my kids school ** -- Betabeachbum 02/16/2018 4:34PM

Agree. It's a dilemma. I think I'd start local. Because...... -- 48zip 02/16/2018 2:12PM

Local would be where I start because they are closer to the action -- VTHokie2000 02/16/2018 2:31PM

Local. The higher you go, the more bureaucracy. -- vtbones 02/16/2018 2:02PM

Since he has no ties to Russia I guess they looked no further ** -- OrlandoHokie 02/16/2018 1:49PM

And not black. ** -- NokieHokie 02/16/2018 3:15PM

Ugh ** -- Brown Water 02/16/2018 2:55PM

Also likely not a pot dealer. ** -- reestuart 02/16/2018 2:29PM

And he wasn't trying to influence voters via facebook . . no story move on ** -- RichwebHokie 02/16/2018 2:16PM

Sounds like a very good lead. It is upsetting this fell through the cracks ** -- HokieSignGuy 02/16/2018 1:45PM

And another school on lockdown - Washington St College in Des Moines ** -- OXVT 02/16/2018 1:23PM

I wonder how many other leads like that they get, that aren't real threats? -- Hokie360 02/16/2018 1:20PM

Police had been to his house 36 times in 6 years ** -- bigbadbird 02/16/2018 1:21PM

Nothing to see here, move along ** -- fordham 02/16/2018 2:33PM

Working on their dossier ** -- bigbadbird 02/16/2018 1:14PM

Or working on security clearances -- VTSnake 02/16/2018 1:22PM

Every time I hear this suggestion, I think of Chris Kyle.

Insert a Link

Tech Sideline is Presented By:

Our Sponsors