What are your thoughts on the 29 Palms survey, including the question to kill US citizens if ordered to?

Question

The survey does exist and was passed out to a few hundred Marines in 29 Palms, California, in 1995, but not by the Pentagon. According to an article in NEW AMERICAN magazine in October of 1995 by John F. McManus, the survey was part of an academic project on the part of a Marine Lieutenant Commander Ernest Guy Cunningham who was earning his Masters Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The survey alarmed some of the Marines and copies soon started being circulated among gun rights supporters. Lt. Cunningham told McManus that he was a member of the National Rifle Association himself and didn't agree with the tone of the questions. He said the survey was intended to confirm and then pass on to higher authorities his fears about "the lack of knowledge among the soldiers about the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and their heritage as Americans."

45. I would swear to the following oath: [SD D A SA NO]

"I am a United Nations fighting person. I serve in the forces which maintain world peace and every nation's way of life. I swear and affirm to support and defend the Charter of the United Nations and I am prepared to give my life in its defense."

46. The U.S. government declares a ban on the possession, sale, transportation, and transfer of all non-approved firearms. A 30-day amnesty period is established for these firearms to be turned over to the local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of irregular citizen groups and defiant individuals refuse to turn over their firearms to authority. Consider the following statement: [SD D A SA NO]
You can see the full survey here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a7745d72529.htm

"I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the United States government."

The survey results found that 26.34% of the Marines would not hesitate to fire upon U.S. citizens while enforcing federal orders.

Answer 1

Are you a INFOWARS follower?

If you were in the service and I doubt you ever were....part of the oath is: "To defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign & domestic". - What do you think the domestic part means?????

Answer 2

29 Palms Survey

Answer 3

It was a bad question to ask, but I bet the ones who answered where young bored gung ho Marines messing with the survey . They were bored or didn't want to be bothered. Bet anything take same group they would give up their life for someone American citizens or not, and run off the road dodging a animal.

Answer 4

Without showing results, any survey is 100% meaningless. I could write a survey that asks questions about the Martian army. That doesn't mean it exists.

Answer 5

You need to lose the tinfoil hat .

Yes it was a survey given to junior enlisted soldiers. In fact I suspect that he did this because he knew that if he asked NCOs or officers he would not get the results he wanted.

Answer 6

Interesting, I didn't see any result of the survey though did I miss it?

Answer 7

B. S.