Archive for April, 2014
Just days after the State of Georgia passed a landmark “guns everywhere” bill that dramatically expanded gun rights, the law has already caused a major criminal incident. This past week, a man with a gun permit walked through a park with his weapon visible. That’s right, a park. Where children were playing. http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/cumming/2014/04/24/armed-man-fowler-park/8121285/ This reckless […]
Filed under: Writing | 38 Comments
Tags: daily kos, georgia gun rights bill, open carry
The Funny Side of Combat Stress
No joke, there he was, on a boring nighttime convoy outside Diwaniyah, Iraq…then the crap hit the fan! “He” is one of my buddies, a fellow soldier who led of one of our convoy escort teams in Iraq in 2005. His name is Larry Russell (and yes, I have his permission to write this). When […]
Filed under: Iraq | 7 Comments
Tags: combat stress, iraq veterans, veteran writers
Oh Posers, How I love Thee
I just wanted to drop a quick note and share this. A couple of weeks ago a soldier friend of mine went to a club and saw this guy. If you’re thinking, “That’s one badass Major Sergeant Major Special Forces Desert Storm veteran Physical Training Master,” you’re right! My friend, at right, asked the man […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Writing | 19 Comments
Tags: military posers, veteran authors
I need to address a persistent myth. I’ve seen this myth written in editorials and heard a well-known news commentator repeat it. I’ve had friends repeat it to me during polite conversations. This myth is blatantly ridiculous. Numerous news articles about the debate surrounding this myth have been published in the last few days. These […]
Filed under: Writing | 25 Comments
Tags: 2nd amendment, active shooter, fort hood, gun free zones
I wish people would stop assuming combat-related PTSD every time some veteran commits a violent crime. Veterans are representative of the country they serve; some are sterling citizens, some are rotten bags of snail crap. I personally am not aware of a single active shooter who had combat-related PTSD. Cho, the Virginia Tech murderer, never […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Writing | 9 Comments
Tags: fort hood, ivan lopez, PTSD, veteran writers
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