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Hawkins: Gun-Free Military Installations Make U.S. Troops Sitting Ducks
breitbart.com ^ | Dec. 7, 2019 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 12/08/2019 8:52:21 AM PST by PROCON

The December 6, 2019, Naval Air Station Pensacola attack reminded us once more that gun-free policies on military installations make U.S. troops sitting ducks.

Breitbart News reported that a gunman opened fire Friday morning in Pensacola, killing three innocents and causing numerous others to be transported to the hospital for injuries.

The Associated Press reported that the Pensacola gunman was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia, and NBC News reported that the gunman’s name was Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani.

He used a handgun to carry out his attack.

Pertinent to news of this horrific firearm-based attack is the fact that Naval Air Station Pensacola is a gun-free zone.

Breitbart News reported the air station’s gun-free status shortly after the attack. The station’s firearm policy, as described by Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, notes:

While federal and state laws differ widely on the subject, regulations pertaining to the registration, transportation, and storage of firearms on Naval Installations in the Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility are clear. According to the instruction, all hands share responsibility for adhering to regulations pertaining to the registration, transportation, and storage of firearms in the AOR.

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; militarybases; muslims; nra; pensacola; secondamendment; shooting
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To: PROCON

Amen


21 posted on 12/08/2019 10:56:09 AM PST by umgud
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To: PROCON

gun-free military bases?

are they KIDDING?!
that’s insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let’s also have doctor-free hospitals and
food-free groceries!


22 posted on 12/08/2019 11:13:48 AM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: PROCON

Gun free zones put every law abiding citizen at risk.


23 posted on 12/08/2019 11:37:45 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: PROCON

Didn’t we question military bases gun free zones way back during the Ft. Hood massacre?


24 posted on 12/08/2019 11:58:05 AM PST by bgill
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To: PROCON

Well, then. Trump had better get on the stick.


25 posted on 12/08/2019 12:02:25 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: PROCON

Islam is incompatible with every known civil society in history, it is a disease that needs to be eradicated from the planet./


26 posted on 12/08/2019 12:02:58 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: PROCON

She said it was “legally acquired”... but from *whom*?


27 posted on 12/08/2019 1:39:40 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: TADSLOS
+1001,500,000
28 posted on 12/08/2019 1:40:40 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

How is it Legal than anyone who is NOT a U.S. Citizen can buy a Firearm?

Illegal Invader, no Vote and no Gun, since they shouldn’t be here anyway.

Green Card, no Vote and no Gun, just like being a Felon.


29 posted on 12/08/2019 1:48:15 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: bgill

Indeed we did here on FR. 5 years and nothing has changed. It would be nice to know what reason was first given for this policy. Near as I can think maybe they felt military bases are too tense to have everyone armed but the more one thinks about that it makes no sense.


30 posted on 12/08/2019 1:55:17 PM PST by xp38
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To: PROCON

Bar foreigners from having weapons in the United States...


31 posted on 12/08/2019 1:58:14 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: PROCON

Truth!


32 posted on 12/08/2019 2:47:33 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: carriage_hill
She said it was “legally acquired”... but from *whom*?

Doubtless we'll know soon.

33 posted on 12/08/2019 2:51:55 PM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: va22030

Installations and bases have been gun free with few exception since at least the early 80s, more restrictive since the Jihadi Major killed us at Hood, the latest DOD reg makes it a virtual self-defense free zone.

But, Saudi Nationals apparently are able to walk around classrooms with firearms.

They are not even here on a visa, yet they acquire firearms (for other than military training purposes, unless killing fellow student is after all, a military operation.).

I am a retired FG officer, able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance, a combat veteran, well trained in the application of lethal force by the US govt, professional firearms trainer and marksman in several pertinent disciplines, a physical security manager and a bona fide US NBC, yet, I cannot enter a DOD or COE property with my sidearm, unless it is registered with the PM and I am going directly to and from a sporting or hunting event....

President Trump, do something!


34 posted on 12/08/2019 3:27:53 PM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: iontheball

Trump declared that installation commanders can authorize uniformed active duty personnel to carry concealed arms. Big deal. I bet there are about six senior NCOs and staff 06s in the Hqs so authorized by the GO. Everyone else, forget it, and yet they are where the rubber meets the road, or more correctly, where metal meets flesh.

I avoid using any govt installations or facilities as I must leave my usual arms at home, cannot come aboard a base w/o declaring an arm, and can only access a base with an arm for a specific dedicated reason, like going to a range ( yeah, right. maybe Camp Perry, Robinson or Atterbury where shooting sports are entertained) or hunting, but must go to and from, no where else. Did I mention registered with the PMO?


35 posted on 12/08/2019 3:33:27 PM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: PROCON

Yeah, cause you definitely can’t trust service members with guns. [eyeroll]


36 posted on 12/08/2019 3:42:00 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

He is, covering for the Saudis.


37 posted on 12/08/2019 3:47:31 PM PST by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: PROCON
Gee, did somebody wake up today realizing the government wants you dead. No worries, everyone will go back to sleep tomorrow.
38 posted on 12/08/2019 3:49:17 PM PST by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
But, if guns are banned on bases, how could this jihadist have used a gun?!? /s

39 posted on 12/08/2019 3:52:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: umgud

We need to ban Moslems in America!


40 posted on 12/08/2019 8:01:00 PM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!)
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