I always thought that was a smear of Vietnam War Vets, personally. Many had PTSD, but I'm not sure they were any more violent than the general population.
@Weird Tolkienish Figure The truth is that at least 75 percent of the soldiers that went to VN never heard a shot fired the whole time they were there. I personally knew one reservist soldier that went there as a E-4 when his unit was activated,and was an E-7 when I met him. He never heard a shot fired the whole time he was there unless it was outgoing support fire for a platoon running a security search. We had what sounded like 3 mortar rounds hit waaaay off in the distance,and he got mad at me because I refused (I was the company armorer) to unlock the weapons racks and the ammo bunker to hand out ammo.
These people were so freaking stupid that their plan was to issue weapons and ammo to soldiers who had not fired or even held a weapon (they were communication guys) since basic training,and have them fall out behind the sandbags that surrounded the first floor of the barracks they live in,in order to fire on any attacking force.
The problem was these guys would be shooting their M-14's at the guys in the next barracks who were behind THEIR sandbag walls with THEIR M-14's,waiting to open fire themselves.
These barracks were so close the guys behind the sandbags at one barracks could talk in a normal voice to the guys behind the other sandbags.
What could possibly go wrong after the first 30 caliber round was fired,most likely by accident,by a soldier behind either sandbag barricade?
BTW,NOT being a fool,I had a M-3 and ammo vest like the one in the photo of me here in my locker,and a 1911A1 under my shirt. Then again,I wasn't ABOUT to shoot anyone that wasn't clearly an enemy attacker. I had them for personal reasons,as well as professional responsibility reasons. There was no way in hell that I was going to take a chance on being killed because I was unarmed,and letting the enemy or any panicked soldier getting into the ammo bunker.
BTW,who the HELL is so freaking ignorant they would put an ammo bunker between two barrack buildings? I understand it was already done before the signal guys moved in.