My uncle said he thought that the removal of guns from military posts started long long long ago - that it has little to do with the modern “gun free zone,” but lots to do with the time period during which the army became desegregated. I have no idea if this historically accurate, though.
It has lots to do with some 18 year old on the gate at 3:00AM bored out of his skull playing quick draw mcgraw and shooting himself in the thigh, or taking out his buddy on the other gate.
A lot of things can go down on an army post that would lend one to believe that soldiers carrying arms constantly might not be a good idea.
But OTOH, maybe things have to change.Obviously there needs to be more armed presence inside of our army posts.
This incident proves it.