Charges dropped against Canadian soldier who was allegedly playing quick draw?

[medicineman]

What a waste of time to charge this guy. Just some guy having a little harmless fun.

When I was on tour in '94, a guy doing just that put a bullet through the roof of the trailer he was in - lucky nobody was in the office above him at the time.

MM

 

[Franko]

When I was on tour in '94, a guy doing just that put a bullet through the roof of the trailer he was in - lucky nobody was in the office above him at the time.

MM

In Bosnia a soldier let a drunk civie play with his weapon in Banja Luka and shot a round through the van and the trailer beside the van.

In '05 we had several NDs that nearly ended in tragedy. A Sgt hitting a WO in the leg, a CWO nearly killing a Snr Officer and a Pte shooting himself in the hand....

The list goes on and on.

There is a reason why screwing around with a weapon is not tolerated.

Regards

 

[khawk006]

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

 

[old medic]

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

Give your head a shake. 
Or let them practice at your house.

There are rules and laws for a reason.

 

[KevinB]

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

 

[Armymedic]

What a waste of time to charge this guy. Just some guy having a little harmless fun.

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

Wow. You really have no clue who your audience is here, do you?

 

[geo]

khawk,
harmless fun ended when he was told to stop and he chose to ignore the direct order of his superior by continuing with his imature play...

You receive a legitime order from your superior - It's the army - deal with it! 

 

[Franko]

Strange that you registered about 2 years ago and this is the first topic you respond to.

Your tone speaks volumes.

Regards

 

[armyvern]

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

Listen asshole, when "guys just having a bit of harmless little fun" can kill thier buddies ... we sort that shit out - yes, that's right: we deal with it.

Their buddies are at enough risk of death doing their jobs to be put at unneccessary risk by fucking idiots such as this member was being ... or by idiots like you who'd profess we should be OK with that.

Mirror is that way ... go sort yourself out. You're in a class of your own right now - and I honestly hope to gawd ... that you are NOT a soldier.

 

[Garett]

On the Court Martial vs Summary Trial, on my MOSC a JAG lawyer told us 90% of people at Summary Trial are found guilty.

 

[Jarnhamar]

People get killed and wounded - its the army. Deal with it like a nation.

Ban plz K thks

 

[GeorgeD]

On the whole Court Martial vs Summary Trial, does Summary Trial remain in your record? In SQ we had a trial for theft, is it a Summary Trial or Court Martial if the guy got kicked out?

 

[geo]

George
Minor charges are purged from your disciplinary file after a few years.... the major stuff will only gy bye-bye if you apply for a pardon.

Recommending a person for dismissal from the service is neither a Summary trial or a Courts Martial.
The man was found guilty of theft and punished for it.  A parallel administrative review determined that the individual was unsuitable for military service due to shortcomings that were entirely of his own doing - and released - probably under a 5 (f)

 

[Franko]

On the whole Court Martial vs Summary Trial, does Summary Trial remain in your record? In SQ we had a trial for theft, is it a Summary Trial or Court Martial if the guy got kicked out?

If it happened in St Jean it was as summary trial with an administrative review at the same time.

I know someone who is a Plt WO there and it happens all the time, resulting in a 5F if it's serious enough and the individual isn't considered salvageable.

Regards

 

[GeorgeD]

Thank You

 

[Col.Steiner]

The story lacked detail, so I am wondering if the man is playing quickdraw with a loaded handgun or not? Was there people around when the man was doing this? If the answer is yes to both, then I would imagine that would be very serious indeed. Nonetheless, if ordered to stop something by superiors, then stop it if you're not too thick to understand. I kind of remembering gun safety courses being a little touchy about treating firearms like a toy though, so the man can't be too bright and at the very least be officer material.

 

[armyvern]

The story lacked detail, so I am wondering if the man is playing quickdraw with a loaded handgun or not? Was there people around when the man was doing this? If the answer is yes to both, then I would imagine that would be very serious indeed. Nonetheless, if ordered to stop something by superiors, then stop it if you're not too thick to understand. I kind of remembering gun safety courses being a little touchy about treating firearms like a toy though, so the man can't be too bright and at the very least be officer material.

Loaded or not ...

One does not fuck around with their weapon. Pers are taught that from day one, always treat it as loaded. It's when people ignore that ... that shitty things tend to happen.

ALWAYS keep control of your weapon - it's the proper and safe thing to do.

 

[medaid]

Want to play quick draw? Get yourself a bluegun or a redgun or some form of weapons emulator, do it on your own time and do it out of sight or if you wish, video tape it and post it on youtube for everyone to see and laugh.

Otherwise, smarten the f^ck up and obey your damn orders. What are people thinking?

so the man can't be too bright and at the very least be officer material.

and this means... what?

 

[PMedMoe]

The story lacked detail, so I am wondering if the man is playing quickdraw with a loaded handgun or not? Was there people around when the man was doing this?

He was in Afghanistan, your weapon is always loaded there.  Besides, as Vern said, loaded or not, it shouldn't matter.

 

[geo]

UnteroffizierSteiner has limited experience.... very limited experience