I would much rather have a LIVE Soldier in civilian clothes, then a Dead one in uniform.
They did the ban in the 80's to protect our Soldiers, and a good thing they did, you, I nor anyone else were harmed by that order to ban.
In civies or uniform, our soldiers still know how to protect themselves, if given a chance. In uniform they were sitting ducks, what chance did they have to protect themselves, armed or unarmed?
I say cut the RISKS. It's like saying after a child has been run over, "My kid has a right to play in the street, it's our street", your kid is also DEAD.
I'm sorry, that is not a good analogy. It doesn't pass the common sense test. No one advocates that kids have a "right" to play in the street. Please.