Posted on 04/05/2026 6:12:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber
When I served in the USAF as a security policeman, we were among the very few airmen or officers allowed to carry weapons on base. There are the “rivet counters,” airmen armed with rifles—M-16s back then, M4s now—who guard aircraft, missiles and related installations. And there are traditional police officers who in those days carried S&W Model 15 “Combat Masterpiece” .38 Special revolvers. We were issued 18 rounds of lead, round -nosed .38 special ammunition, and no speed loaders. Alert aircrew were allowed to carry revolvers, but only when climbing aboard their bombers and other aircraft.
Then, as now, most military bases are protected by nothing more than chain link fences and the few military cops who try to cover enormous tracts of open land. Sure, there are several gated access points on bases, IDs are checked and there are a few other security measures, but searches of persons or vehicles are uncommon, and dangerous military members, like criminals everywhere, don’t obey the law, particularly not while contemplating mass murder.
Most Americans don’t know this. Our continental US—CONUS—bases, repositories for everything from pistols to heavy weapons to nuclear weapons, are scarcely safer than blue cities where Democrats do everything they can to strip the law abiding of arms while simultaneously coddling criminals. Aware of the issue, the first Trump Administration talked about doing something about it but didn’t follow through. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, is following through.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Thursday ordering a major shift in base security policy, allowing service members to request permission to carry personal firearms for self-defense amid growing concerns about threats on U.S. installations.
In an announcement on social media, Hegseth said all American citizens have a God-given right under the Second Amendment to carry weapons for protection.
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Good point.
Well said
I would expect most to be denied, because Obama/Biden purges have left too many DEI and feeble minded in senior positions. All service members should automatically have the right to carry, if active operations give them the option being armed.
To clarify, it is a STEP in the right direction.
Sudden Jihad Syndrome ...
There should have been a bunch of armed soldiers to end the SOB.
Thank you.
Have a blessed Easter.
When I was in basic, one trainee in my company attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor balcony with a thin rope around his neck. The rope broke and he was unsuccessful. He was a pudgy, out of shape blob that should never have been drafted anyway.
How many Post Commanders are likely to approve the “requests” to practice a right recognized in our constitution?
I knew people that carried concealed on bases. Sure there were random car searches, but they were carrying concealed on person and concealed is concealed. I never knew of one who was caught.
We don't seem to be very free.
They also prayed their space crapper keeps working.
:)
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