Gun Free Military Bases

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another thread here, if you haven’t weighed in yet:

Poll: Should our military finally be allowed to concealed carry on bases?

“When the first shots rang out, my hand reached to my belt for something that wasn’t there, something that could have put a stop to the bloodshed,” wrote 1st Lt. Patrick Cook, who survived the most recent Fort Hood attack. It may come as a surprise to many, but the vast majority of our service members are not allowed to carry firearms on bases. In fact, even owning a firearm on a military base is highly restricted. But after multiple attacks on unarmed service members here at home, many are qu…

and @Edward53 had some “here’s how it got that way” information… interesting stuff I didn’t know.

Poll: Should our military finally be allowed to concealed carry on bases?

The real “reason” for the current weapons restrictions on military installations is that the appointed head of “Homeland Security” under the Obama administration imposed many unconstitutional restrictive measures on installation commanders. The most intrusive of which is that ALL FIREARMS TAKEN ONTO AN INSTALLATION MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE PMO. The next most intrusive and again unconstitutional measure is that REGARDLESS OF STATE LAW no one other than CID and DoD police are allowed to carry c…