Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Active Shooter

There was a 4 person active shooter team that was dispatched and they were inside the building within 6 minutes. I don't doubt these men had decent skills and tried their very best however the time frame needs to be reevaluated once again. The first shots rang out at approximately 8:15 and Alexis wasn't taken out until 9:20 in the third floor office. Well over 1 hour for one guy that was embedded inside a military complex that should have the same kind of security operation already in place as the White House or something comparable? This is a very sad day for Americans, I am going all the way to Capital Hill to try to make the necessary changes to prevent this from ever happening again. Interoperability is what all of the bureaucrats talked about post 9-11 and Katrina and now look at their results. I really don't want to get into how this guy had a security clearance from Usis the same contractor that vetted Snowden because that is not the primary issue although if you watch these suits in action they are making it the main focal point when it really shouldn't be. A security clearance is not that difficult to get in fact most Americans can get one easily.. To examine and reexamine every aspect of a persons life to see if they are fit for duty would eliminate most of our heroes as far as their ability to go back overseas and when they come back and get acclimated into civilian life. This guys problems seemed to be alot more severe then most and he was never even deployed, he played violent video games, claimed PTSD from 9-11, hearing voices at airports, shooting out tires of police cruisers, even having an( AD accidental discharge). As long as people don't have felonies in most cases they can get a basic bottom level clearance. The next question is then what can we do with a guy like Alexis?  Unfortunately there isn't much, to track him down  and Baker Act him and keep him in a psychiatric ward isn't realistic because he would be out w/in 72 hours after he proves hes no longer a threat to himself and others and its almost impossible for our hospitals to keep patients indefinitely, plus there is no room or budget for this kind of thing.. That is why the primary issue must be advance work and high level threat security to take out miscreants like this immediately, just like a Secret Service detail would. This guy was one of their own the same as the Ft Hood mass shooting this is what makes it even worse.. What makes that tragedy so disturbing was that guy was an Army psychiatrist that was supposed to be treating the vets, instead he was a violent terrorist already on the FBI watch list.    

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