Report: Navy friendly fire killed UK Marine
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 12:08:28 EST
A Navy F/A-18C pilot was acting in “good faith” and with the “best of intentions” when he mistakenly fired on a friendly position in Afghanistan and killed a British Marine in 2006, according to a recent report from the British and U.S. military.
The Navy pilot, whose name was not disclosed, fired more than 200 rounds on the Royal Marines after visually identifying the target but failing to double-check with his electronic “diamond designator” targeting equipment, according to a Royal Navy Board of Inquiry report released Monday.
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A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad