Mass shooting in Las Vegas. 50+ dead

[Brian37]

I trained for four years before I joined the Navy. The instructors at boot camp were stunned. The one-legged Marine that taught me made me work all summer for the privilege of firing one of his long guns. Safety was his mantra. (I was training alongside his son, a classmate of mine, so he was very strong on safety.)

I failed out of Air Force basic. Not for the PT part, but after a lifetime of being bullied prior to joining, I wasn't ready emotionally for being yelled at from 5 am to 10:30pm at night. 

But if we left it up to the gun worshipers, even knowing how horrible I was when we shot our M16s, they'd force me not only to "buck it up" but have a deadly weapon I cant aim worth shit and force me to stay in a bad combo.

Seriously, why the fuck would you want someone in any job, if they couldn't handle it? 

Funny thing was, I found the push ups and sit ups and obstacle course easy, plus they did that en mass so the DIs had so many to deal with the likelihood of being singled out was low. Unlike the smaller platoon dorms where you got yelled at by the squad leader and the unit DI constantly. 

So some would think its an awesome idea to frighten an already sensitive kid, emotionally browbeat them then hand them a weapon?

I failed because THAT is exactly what should happen. I wasn't qualified. Unfortunately the way our laws are for civilians, you can have emotional problems, have no record at time of buy, and not be self aware to consider that emotional problems and weapons are not a good combo.

Considering my lack of knowledge and emotional state at the time, I am glad I failed, because I cant imagine what would have happened to me, or what I could have done, if I had suffered PTSD from seeing combat. 

I know what it is like and how horrifying to watch my mom die peacefully, it has to be that much worse when it comes to witnessing violent death.