They are allowed to shoot back if the order is given to return fire, I think but without a direct order they can't.
sas Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:47 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: WSJ: Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents Importance: Low really? I am no soldier but I think they are allowed to shoot if shot at. That's what they are doing now....can any of you ex-military please clarify this? thanks Dana On 9/7/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's the law. If someone took a shot at a soldier he's not allowed to > shoot back. It gets real ugly from there. > > On 9/7/05, Dana wrote: > > well, on re-re-reading, it seems the option was to let the feds command > the > > National Guard. Is this usual in such a disaster? Why did the president > even > > care who was commanding them? I find this confusing, actually. The > president > > has his own troops... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173296 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
