I’m totally disgusted that we train people to fight with firearms in the name of our country…and keep these people disarmed until they are deployed to a war zone. The argument from people who both hate America and have never served is that soldiers are bad people and can’t be trusted to carry guns. If we let soldiers go armed on base they’d just kill each-other.
A Marine found dead in his barracks room at Camp Pendleton early Sunday was beaten to death, a spokesman for the investigating agency said Tuesday.
Ed Buice of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service said Lance Cpl. Mario Arias Jr. died from injuries he suffered at the hands of another Marine sometime late Saturday night or shortly after midnight. That Marine then jumped from a third-floor balcony of the barracks and suffered what Buice described as “significant” injuries.
Fucking shame. I’m upset that such a monster went through the screening and training process, but also I’m upset that we lost a Marine while on base.
I wonder if such a move would have been done if the killer suspected his victim might be armed?
And in the end, I will note that this was not a “Gun Death”, you don’t need a gun to commit a horrible crime, but they are the BEST tool to STOP one.
h/t Janelle
I read about this murder last week.
Just a day or two after my youngest son boarded a plane to go to Camp Pendleton!
Oh, yeah great way to start off a day, eh?
Alcoholism has always been a problem in the military, looks like there was some anger management issues with the drunkard also. Tools may change but people generally don’t.
I was very relieved to see this did not appear to be a gang problem – something the military doesn’t want to discuss much.
Keep in mind, that just because one puts on a Uniform, it doesn’t mean they become Shaolin Monks. Shore Patrol, M.Ps, etc. aren’t just for breaking up Bar Fights on the Strip.