As an old soldier, we would have to close down a whole installation if a "sensitive item" were thought to be lost or compromised. These items were weapons, CEOIs, and night vision devices. Will the Nanny State close down when one of their finest misplaces one of these NVGs?
NVG's are no longer a sensitive item. A good pair can be purchased on the net for ~$200. Time passes. I remember using the starlight scope in RVN. Big, monsterious thing, mounted on a tripod.
Hey man the police shut down interstate 75 south of Sarasota Florida last week because a prostetic penis wrapped in duct tape was seen to be on the center medium.
You don't think they'd shut it down for night vision crap or guns or dope of just to look busy?
Back in your day consumers couldn't just go out and buy NODs. Today they can. Not really sensitive items anymore.
But, geeze, don't these guys have a real job to do, or is their real job revenue enhancement via petty law enforcement?
How long before nanny gooberment decides that ordinary citizens are not allowed to own night-vision equipment?