The military has never allowed personal arms in Barracks, the ship, family housing etc.
And will never do so.
“Personal arms had to be checked into the armory, and checked out with a chit from your unit XO or designee.
The military has never allowed personal arms in Barracks, the ship, family housing etc.
And will never do so.”
Bullchit! I owned weapons and kept them in base housing. All I had to do was register them with PMO. Active Duty from 1984-2007
I had my personal firearms in my wall locker in the barracks back in 1982. Top and the CO inspected barracks monthly. They never said boo about personal firearms.
/johnny
I kept my personal weapons in my base quarters for years. As did many others. It’s a stupid, senseless rule that has no place in the military mindset.
“Personal arms had to be checked into the armory, and checked out with a chit from your unit XO or designee.
The military has never allowed personal arms in Barracks, the ship, family housing etc.
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Maybe on some pussified base/post you’ve been on but not the Air Force bases I have been on.
We are allowed to have personal weapons in housing. We’ve got four right here, in our house, right now.
They have to be registered, unloaded, and locked up. (So they’re no good for defense) But we do have them in housing. (As law abiding citizens, we’ve effectively disarmed ourselves to comply with the rules, but we can clean them whenever we want.)
When we get a suicidal soldier, the first thing that has to be done is to confiscate their weapons. Same for domestic abuse.
But we do have them.
Depends on the state. I know in AK, personal arms are maintained in family housing. They sell them in BX too. Even in the People’s Republic of NY, long guns could be maintained in family housing.
Thanks, I was going to post the same.
It drives me nuts that people insist on claiming this is a recent or liberal policy.
Historically, one of the most important distinctions between a ranker and an officer was that an officer carried his sidearm at all time, the ranker was provided with weapons and ammo only for a specific mission.
It is debatable whether this is still a good policy, but its history is indisputable.