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pinboy3niner

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6. Not exactly

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 01:31 PM

Jul 2016

Military training and wars give soldiers lethal capabilities, to which most veterans never resort. Unless their minds are captured by lethal ideologies or psychiatric disturbances.

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AP: Army confirms Michah Johnson served tour in Afghanistan [View all] RandySF Jul 2016 OP

These wars come home in all kinds of ways alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #1

Radicalized vets....gee, heard something about that a few years ago underpants Jul 2016 #2

Wars turn us into murderers, and society is shocked when shooting is the answer. lindysalsagal Jul 2016 #3

Not exactly pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #6

Not necessarily sarisataka Jul 2016 #4

The guy also trained at a place in Dallas that taught urban tactical fighting. Civilian facility. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #5

Wow, why are those places even legal? scscholar Jul 2016 #7