{"id":42092,"date":"2014-04-03T16:03:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=42092"},"modified":"2014-04-03T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:03:58","slug":"personal-weapons-wont-ensure-base-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=42092","title":{"rendered":"Personal Weapons Won’t Ensure Base Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

We hear a lot of talk about shooters targeting gun-free zones. The concept of a gun-free zone in the United States is absurd, although, I don’t know if they are specifically \u201ctargeting\u201d these places. The carnage is escalated, sadly, due to the absence of someone prepared to confront an active shooter. Is it the same on military facilities? It isn’t really a gun free zone. \u00a0Is the idea of a fully armed military installation reasonable? This is a knee jerk response and isn’t a legitimate plan to stop armed intruders. According to\u00a0Fox<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lawmakers, as well as survivors of the 2009 shooting, claim he could have been stopped sooner if others on base had their weapons by their side.
\n“When our soldiers are unarmed, they will find themselves in a situation like yesterday and in 2009,” Sgt. Howard Ray, a survivor of the 2009 mass shooting in which 13 people were killed, told Fox News.
\nOne source who was at the scene when the Fort Hood lockdown was ordered Wednesday also raised concerns about current DOD policy.
\n“When will they allow those who have concealed weapon permits to carry them on post?” the individual told Fox News. “We don’t have a way to protect ourselves. … We are all hostages on post.”
\nMilitary installations largely do not allow soldiers to be armed or carry personal firearms while on post, except for law enforcement and security personnel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Army issued regulations in 1993 specifically restricting who carries what on an Army base, but soldiers were not all sporting holsters and wild-westing it up prior to that, for sure. A select group of soldiers, chosen by the Army, was armed. Judge Andrew Napolitano said on Fox and Friends that as an officer he carried a side arm on Fort Knox in 1970. Maybe that is the solution. Maybe higher ranking \u00a0enlisted should be trained to be the ones carrying on base.<\/p>\n

The Army is not going to permit ANY soldier to carry personal firearms on base. I had to be issued CLOTHESLINE when I lived on Cherry Point as a Marine’s wife. Of all the things they regulate, they certainly are not going to relinquish control of weapons on base! \u00a0There is that whole issue of uniformity.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter if you earned your welding certificate in the civilian world, it’s worthless to the military. They train you anew. \u00a0Why would a concealed carry permit carry any weight with them? The weapon, and the permitting, would have to come from the military, and those who are trying to make this a simple fix know that. With nearly a million and a half active duty personnel where would the budget come from to issue, maintain, track all of these side arms?
\nWhat about the Navy, where the only arms training recruits get is using a simulator? Few sailors even touch a real weapon during their training. Air Force installations? \u00a0 The Coast Guard?
\nAs a parent of 3 military children, of course I want my kids to be able to protect themselves at all times, but I must trust that this team, this FAMILY, has in place protocol that protects the group, not a bunch of individuals protecting themselves. The services do need to rethink the limits they have placed on the group to do that protecting.<\/p>\n

More personnel should be carrying a MILITARY ISSUED weapon on base. More personnel should have quick access to weapons in the case of a terrorist attack or threat. More personnel should be ready to assert deadly force on a moment’s notice. In the event of an attack, protocol needs to be in place where hundreds of trained responders should be ready and able to put down one person with a gun, or a dozen. But, every soldier, sailor, airman and marine with a concealed carry permit traipsing about with their weapon of choice? No. Next thing you know the females will be demanding to wear their hair in twisties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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