Kyle and Littlefield had taken Routh to the range, said Travis Cox, the director of a nonprofit Kyle helped found. Littlefield was Kyle’s neighbor and “workout buddy,” Cox told The Associated Press on Sunday morning.
“What I know is Chris and a gentleman — great guy, I knew him well, Chad Littlefield — took a veteran out shooting who was struggling with PTSD to try to assist him, try to help him, try to, you know, give him a helping hand and he turned the gun on both of them, killing them,” Cox said.
The NRA has attempted to the patriotic card when refusing any legislation denying access to guns to the mentally ill. The NRA has claimed it would "unpatriotic" to deny guns to returning servicemen suffering from PTSD and other mental illnesses.
If only he'd had a gun and appropriate training to defend himself. Oh, wait... http://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2013/02/if-only-hed-had-gun-to-defend-himself.html
ReplyDeleteAgain with the magical thinking. A gun isn't a guarantee. It's a tool to improve the odds. Kyle was trying to do good and got killed for it. Honor his willingness to serve his country and his fellow veterans.
Deletethe arrogance in the pacifist's article is absolutely disgusting..
DeleteThe attacker is obviously not right and should be in prison now or at least a mental hospital.
ReplyDeleteThe real crime here is the fact that our nation sends service men and women into "meat grinders" (dangerous, horrible, tactical situations) for years and years and expects them to simply come home and resume normal life at the snap of a finger.
It is destructive and wrong to send our service men and women into high-stress combat situations for years. And it is wrong to bring them back and not invest a serious amount of effort in counseling to heal from their experience. And their time in counseling should be paid time -- technically part of their active duty -- served at home with their families so they can re-integrate into their families and communities.
Women who deliver newborn babies get 6 weeks paid maternity leave and can take an additional 6 weeks of unpaid maternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Why shouldn't our service men and women who return from years of duty in dangerous, high-stress combat be entitled to the same and more?