Posted on 05/19/2015 10:53:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Ted Cruz is asking lawmakers to consider allowing troops to carry personal firearms on base for protection, reviving a fight that has previously been a nonstarter with Congress after military leaders said they didn't support the change.
While many lawmakers are open to having a discussion on changing the rules in the Senate Committee on Armed Services, most said that they would defer issues of base security to military leaders — who have historically been against allowing concealed carry on their posts.
Mr. Cruz formally sent a letter last month to Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican and chairman of the committee, asking for a hearing on the subject, saying that current restrictions impede Second Amendment rights and weaken the safety and security of troops.
“The men and women in our military have been at war for over a decade; they understand the responsibilities that go along with carrying a firearm,” Mr. Cruz wrote in the letter. “Yet their Second Amendment rights are removed at the front gate.”(continued)
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Trannies too?
Well, of course!
We all remember what happened on that other (unarmed) army base a few years back………….
It’s beyond ridiculous to me that a soldier wouldn’t be permitted to carry a sidearm at ANY time, let alone on base. It’s just ludicrous.
I wonder what their rationale is.
I suppose. Do your 2nd Amendment rights go away because you’re confused about your sexuality?
Our troops should be issued sidearms and required to carry them, even stateside in commie states that don’t approve of that sort of thing.
I’m 100% for it.
A well armed society is a polite society.
It was President Carter, I believe, that would not let troops on base be armed anymore?
Well, the second amendment applies to soldiers the same as it does to the rest of the populace.
Shall not be infringed...
Dems would sooner arm ISIS than let this happen.
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