No clear security fixes for Fort Hood violence

[unhappycamper]

http://gazette.com/no-clear-security-fixes-for-fort-hood-violence/article/1517639

No clear security fixes for Fort Hood violence
Associated Press - • Updated: April 4, 2014 at 2:49 pm • Published: April 4, 2014

DALLAS — After three mass shootings at military bases in the U.S. over the last five years, security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like Fort Hood.

The kind of searches that would have prevented Army Spc. Ivan A. Lopez from driving onto Fort Hood with a pistol in his car and killing three fellow soldiers would paralyze access to a major post and create huge traffic jams among the tens of thousands of workers commuting to and from their jobs, officials and experts said.

"Trying to secure a base from guns is a very, very difficult proposition at best — probably impossible," said Robert Taylor, who is head of the University of Texas-Dallas public affairs program and has been a security consultant for the Justice Department and police forces.

"You could do spot checks. You could have people walk through metal detectors," Taylor said. But searching so many people would create big practical difficulties, he said.

[djean111]

1. I get the feeling that the official attitude to ALL gun murders is "Hey! What are ya gonna do?"

And "Hey! This is why every man, woman and child should haz their own gunz! So they can shoot back!"
Maybe ALL the countries in the world should have nukes, too. After all, we pretty much all have kitchen knives, right?
The only answer to gun control that will be permitted - is no gun control at all, and if you get caught in the crossfire or in someone's personal angst - collateral damage. Suck it up.

[bemildred]

2. This is all so Vietnam anyway.

Apparently the new all-volunteer Army is not immune to the diseases of abuse, overuse and misuse either.

[riverwalker]

3. Guns Galore

was only 4 miles from the base. I wonder how many suicides they profited from by providing easy access. Sure, they broke no laws legally, but ethically and morally they are complicit.

[Downwinder]

4. Securing the bases would just shift the carnage to the

general public.