It is a start. DJT will handle the details in January.
My thoughts exactly, DoD is trying to prevent Trump from taking action. Hopefully he will see through this and set things straight. Otherwise, if something happens in the future, he’ll get blamed for inadequate protection. Let service members and anyone legally authorized to carry concealed weapon to do so. Period. Limit this only when absolutely necessary, but not traveling to/from or around bases, in most facilities, etc. Maybe say, unless there is immediate armed presence, everyone has right to be secured with their own arms.
It’s another example of Trump affecting change before he’s even taken office.
Don’t worry about this blocking real reform - any action Trump wanted to take on day one can still be taken. This is a face saving gesture - they want people to think it was their idea...
Actually, this is one of the most effective methods of persuasion - to let someone thing it was their idea....
Agreed. What if you are the E6 in charge of a recruiting center in, say, Eastern Tennessee and some of your guys don't own a personal weapon? Troops should be able to carry their issued weapon either on base or at a designated work location.
(Recognizing that this could be awkward for the 13 Bravo types and some others the carrying of personal weapons should still be permitted.)
This misses the mark by a long shot. This doesn’t so shiite for me on my way to and from a federal reservation as a civilian.
In the military, if the wording is “may issue”, then there will not be any significant number of commanders who will give OK.
There is no up-side for the commander allowing carry. The commander will be held totally responsible for anything bad which happens. Any incident involving any person who they have OK’ed to carry, will likely be career-ending for the officer who signed off on their permission to carry. Hence, there will be NO permission to carry.
It needs to be a “SHALL issue” environment, where successful completion of a standard NRA firearms training course, plus absence of specific disqualifications, SHALL authorize the soldier to carry on base.
And it will need to be made clear to commanders, that there will be definite downsides to impeding CCW, such as the commander being held responsible if there is an incident where troops are killed while defenseless.
Perhaps, but they know a new CINC is the CINC and may just be trying to get a handle on the concept and how to deal with it w/o folks going nuts.