{"id":60911,"date":"2015-07-19T08:22:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T12:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60911"},"modified":"2015-07-19T08:22:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T12:22:24","slug":"six-governors-arm-national-guard-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60911","title":{"rendered":"Six governors arm National Guard troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday<\/a>, we reported that governors of Arkansas and Oklahoma issued executive orders to arm their active duty National Guard troops in the wake of the attack in Tennessee on a recruiting office and Reserve training center. NBC News<\/a> reports that four other governors have joined them;<\/p>\n

The governors of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Florida and Indiana have authorized the arming of full-time National Guard members to deter attacks and allow them the ability to protect themselves and civilians in case they are targeted. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Missouri State Senators<\/a> have asked their governor to follow suit.<\/p>\n

The article also points out that Utah’s governor Gary R. Herbert had authorized the arming of his National Guard troops last year. I’m not holding my breath waiting for New York’s legacy governor to allow the troops under his command to protect themselves. <\/p>\n

Congressional help may be on the way for Federal troops;<\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Johnson a Republican who represents Wisconsin and is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Friday he will introduce legislation “calling for the termination of regulations that prohibit members of the Armed Forces from carrying certain firearms on military installations.”<\/p>\n

“By disarming the Armed Forces, gun-free policies at military facilities have made our men and women in uniform easy targets for terrorist attacks,” Johnson said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, has asked the Federal services for recommendations by the end of this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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