Israeli women of the IDF carry at all times, so do the men, in public. They sleep with their rifles. They get to know their weapons intimately. Trusted and expected to be trusted.
That is not my experience but what ever happens on the base falls into some officers area of responsibility and the base commander owns it all.
Too much can go wrong when 10,000 to 35,000 people are carrying loaded firearms around the base. Not everybody has good judgement. Everyone does not follows proper procedure. Not everyone has impulse control.
Not anti-gun. Used to be long range pistol silhouette shooter. Hand load my own ammo. Have enough firearms here to feel adequately armed. But I trust me and I trust you however as the numbers increase someone can’t be trusted. Otherwise there would be no post stockade, brig, or penal barracks at Ft. Leavenworth.
We should be protecting our troops not creating more problems for them.
“Too much can go wrong when 10,000 to 35,000 people are carrying loaded firearms around the base. Not everybody has good judgement. Everyone does not follows proper procedure. Not everyone has impulse control.”
My town has 10,000 various people in it, many that are on military bases during working hours. Most have weapons at home and many have concealed carry permits.
So, at what point between their homes and their military posts did they become untrustworthy with weapons? I mean, our town doesn’t have random killings so why do you think those military posts would when occupied by those same people?
Israeli women of the IDF carry at all times, so do the men, in public. They sleep with their rifles. They get to know their weapons intimately. Trusted and expected to be trusted.