[Lockbar]

Thats an interesting story. I was also in the Army in 1973 and was an MP stationed in Germany. I was also the unit armorer. The Army was always crazy about regular soldiers possesing firearms, even back then. I don't remember storing any personally owned weapons owned by anybody in our unit in our arms room. But some of our MP’s had apartments in the local German town where we were stationed and they had some personally owned guns in their apartments that they had purchased at the local military rod and gun club. Why did the officer shoot the guard? Was this a robbery by the officer? I'm not doubting you but where did it happen?

[benewton]

Bamberg, Germany, and I’ve no idea why he shot.

Having been trained, I’ve long since held a dim view of officers, and, as I said, would have been more than happy to empty my weapon...

I was forced to store my personal weapons (7mm Mag BAR, among others) in the arms room. Found out that the BAR, along with ammo, was taken out and fired by “someone”, and, if you’ve been in, you can easily guess who that had to be. For some unknown reason I was just a bit pissed off. No logout tag, of course, which was another hint...

So, I logged them all out, along with the ammo, put them in the 68 VW bus, and headed south for the weekend. By all reports, it was an interesting time for the local MP’s...

No idea of why the whole mess happened, but it did, and I expect that it’ll be reproduced nationwide.

Your mileage may vary, of course!