N.C. Man Kicked Out of Military Over Contraband Rifle

[spaceCADETzoom]

Then tell me, please, what is inherently wrong with bringing home a rifle.

Nothing, necessarily. What's wrong, as others have repeated over and over, was disobeying a legal order. This wasn't a case of civil disobedience. This was a a case of a guy who thought he wouldn't get caught and knew perfectly well that what he was doing was wrong.

On another note...all of these cases of our grandpas bringing home Lugers aren't relevant. Have any of them brought home MP40s or MG42s? No. BEcause it was against a general order then, too.

 

[Realbigo]

I guess this is a bad time to mention where my CZ 52 came from....

 

[Cannonball888]

Booze makes you do silly things like revive a dead thread at 3:26 AM and almost confess your sins.

 

[the_right_reverend]

never did find the lower receiver for the G3 upper I found in 1982 while shaking down my platoon

 

[SCKimberFan]

Booze makes you do silly things like revive a dead thread at 3:26 AM and almost confess your sins.

Yup.

 

[chuckusaret]

I was able to bring a AK47 and an SKS back from Vietnam it was allowed prior to the 1968 weapons ban. Sadly, both were lost during hurricane Katrina.
I must agree with the action of the Army to punish the Sgt. for violating a general order.

 

[rbernie]

Just say 'no' to thread necromancy.....