A Texas Mess

Those who have pointed out that the Fort Hood Nidal Hasan massacre took place in Texas are correct about geography but did not grasp the gist of my "Mess with Texas" posting. Unarmed people were indeed slaughtered by the mad major, but Fort Hood is a Federal Reservation on land that happens to be in Texas, where those charged with defending the rest of us, members of the US military are and have been incomprehensibly disarmed. Unlike ordinary Texans, military members were stripped of the ability to defend themselves with personal firearms. They were (and are left) at the mercy of terrorists who ignore laws mandating particular places be gun-free zones. It is insane to think a picture of a gun with a line through it will deter someone bent on doing evil. It is bizarre to think those charged with defending the nation should not be trusted to defend themselves with firearms ordinary citizens are permitted.