[Sacajaweau]

They should have never been disarmed. Who did that??

[jagusafr]

Lift the ban completely, for goodness’ sake. It’s been stupid from the first day and continues to be stupid today.

[relictele]

Only in liberal America would the Armed Forces be unarmed.

[Junk Silver]

It’s too bad our Constitution didn’t say anything about the right to keep and bear arms.

If there had been any sort of stipulation, or even an amendment about that there wouldn’t be any need to debate such issues.

[Paladin2]

Congress? What power do they have to make Zer0 do anything?

[Gaffer]

One wonders in the history of the Knesset whether it ever pondered whether is soldiers (or citizens for that matter) should be armed. To keep arms from our soldiers (for you folks out there who are as old as I am, our sons and daughters and grand children) in an age when we are beset with a government sanctioned onslaught of foreign infestation is treason in my opinion.

[pfflier]

This is ludicrous. US military members generally are psychologically screened better than the civilian population.

This screening starts at pre-induction then follows the service member, to some degree, throughout their active duty time.

Sure there are some exceptions but the active screening process is designed to detect them.

[South40]

They’ll wait until the next one, the. Tel us again how much safer people are in gun free zones.

[goodnesswins]

Are Congress critters protected with armed guards? (Rhetorical, I know the answer.)....Then so should our MILITARY, you idgits!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is generally impractical for a whole litany of military reasons. About the only way it could be done would be to require all officers to be issued sidearms that they would have to carry, even during PT. And most units do not have enough sidearms to be issued to all officers at once. To do their pistol qualifications, anywhere from 3-5 officers have to share a gun.

Personally owned weapons are right out, as they are not uniform, would have to be stored and inspected in an arms room that is typically unmanned, and would be a major pain to transport on to or off post.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Parmy]

Congress is weighing it, but there is no problem for them to have armed protection if needed.

[Paladin2]

“Congress” is totally retarded.