Marine Corp's General Reinwald was interviewed

on the radio the other day and you have to read his

reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning

guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about

gun laws you gotta love this!!!! This is one of the best

comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of National

Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female

broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald

who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting

his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what

things are you going to teach these young boys when

they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD: We're going to teach them

climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Shooting! That's a bit

irresponsible, isn't it?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see why, they'll be

properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don't you admit that this

is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don't see how. We will be

teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even

touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you're equipping them to

become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD: Well, you're equipped to be a

prostitute, but you're not one, ... are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended.

You've gotta love the Marines !!! 
   

Semper fi.

In the words of Cactus Jack...

"Bang Bang!"

LOL that showed her

another urban legend...

http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.htm

a real military member making that statement to a reporter on air would be fired

There is yet another way to know that this story is not true.

Thanks to a law suit by our friends at the ACLU, the Boy Scouts are now forbidden to have any form of events on military bases.  This went into effect last year.

Saver, please don't turn into someone else who posts bigoted rubbish without checking its authenticity first.

Saver, please don't turn into someone else who posts bigoted rubbish without checking its authenticity first.

Yes, let's have only authentic bigoted rubbish around here!
;)

Saver, please don't turn into someone else who posts bigoted rubbish without checking its authenticity first.


thank you!

Tanya

There is yet another way to know that this story is not true.

Thanks to a law suit by our friends at the ACLU, the Boy Scouts are now forbidden to have any form of events on military bases.  This went into effect last year.


well, it does say they are visiting.  I doubt they prevent them from entering bases as tourists.  They're just against religous groups from using the bases on a regular basis.

I don't see anything wrong with allowing kids to shoot at targets as long as they're properly supervised. I've take my 10-year-old nephew target shooting with a .22 caliber rifle. Please explain to me why I should go to hell for doing this.

Yeah, their is nothing wrong with taking kids to shooting ranges.  To many parents raising wimps.

So not useing a gun makes somebody a wimp?

You said it GW.. it's gonna get ridden lol

another urban legend...

http://www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.htm

a real military member making that statement to a reporter on air would be fired


Maybe an urban legend but the reasoning may not hold in these times after that last political questioning to Donald Rumsfeld by a marine/army man who was passed the question about getting better protected tanks and Rummy was stumbling for an answer....

Was the serviceguy fired or reprimanded?? Haven't heard? But the question made the news.

So not useing a gun makes somebody a wimp?
No, and allowing kids to gun shoot at targets in a safe and carefully supervised manner doesn't "equip them to become violent killers" either.  While the authenticity of the quote may be in doubt, I still couldn't agree with it more.

Saver, please don't turn into someone else who posts bigoted rubbish without checking its authenticity first.

There was a fellow who eventually got banned for posting conspiratorial rubbish all the time.  He would just bust into all the other threads going on and on about the Kennedy assassination and so forth.  His screen name was Andrew Talking Walnut!

His screen name was Andrew Talking Walnut!


Oh, that's got to be a joke.  Talking walnut?

LOL.. you could say he was a... 'nut'case

With an name like that, he probally was !!!  ::)  ;D