Shooter disarms and kills 9

[SecularMotion]

An Afghan Air Corps pilot, angered by an argument with nine American trainers at Kabul airport, pulled a gun on the Americans, disarmed them and methodically killed them, officials said today.

The shooter then apparently shot and killed himself.

The Afghan military said the gunman was a 20 year veteran of the Afghan Air Corps who had gotten in an argument with the American trainers during a meeting in a conference room at the Afghan Air Force headquarters.

A U.S. official told ABC News they believe the pilot left the meeting after the argument, then returned and forced the Americans to remove their weapons before shooting them with a U.S. provided M9 semi-automatic weapon.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/afghan-pilot-disarmed-killed-americans-argument/story?id=13468438

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. I would love to know what was said.

[Brickbat]

2. I find this story so odd. None of the nine knew what was coming?

[Katya Mullethov]

4. His unique interests captured the interest and attention

of peers and mentors alike !

[one-eyed fat man]

7. See post 6

[slackmaster]

3. Unrec for having no obvious connection to the designated topics of the Guns forum

:nuke:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. +1 ... misleading subject line.

this is war related and I would think more appropriate for GD

[one-eyed fat man]

6. Air Force

If the Americans shot were Air Force, they may not have had any ammo anyway. Dollar to a donut, there was a "clearing barrel" at the entrance to the building in accordance with standard USAF practice. Everyone entering the building is supposed to unload and clear their weapon, put the muzzle in the barrel and pull the trigger to ensure it is empty. Picture is of Marines processing through March Air Force Base. It is not uncommon, even in combat zones, for headquarters on larger facilities to require troops all unload their weapons before entering a building.



If the terms REMF and/or Fobbit mean anything to you, you already understand.

see also pogue

[WatsonT]

12. That's good, we really can't trust our troops with firearms

. . . huh?

[Katya Mullethov]

14. See post 4

You cant trust em with a ball point pen either !

[Hangingon]

8. Why is this in GUNS? Unrec

[RC]

10. 'cause it has to do with guns? Just a guess, though.

[slackmaster]

11. There's a tacked post at the top of the forum that explains what the forum is for.

Would it unreasonable for someone to expect you to read it?

[Euromutt]

13. So it would have helped if the OP had included some comment explaining...

...whatever the point was that this particular story supposedly illustrates. Then you wouldn't have to guess.

[Name removed]

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