[cookcounty]

"At a news conference here, the F.B.I. confirmed that at least one service member shot at the attacker, but did not say whether he managed to wound the gunman, "

Maybe they wanted to lose the autopsy report. "Lives Saved by Marine Taking Down Terrorist" is NOT the headline Obama wants to see.

[FreedomPoster]

“At a news conference here, the F.B.I. confirmed that at least one service member shot at the attacker, but did not say whether he managed to wound the gunman,”

Two questions:

Was this person armed in contravention of orders/policy?

How common was sidearm carry in CONUS in the last several decades? Say going back to 60s and 70s? I seem to remember NCOIC/CQ sometimes having a sidearm, but I was little, not sure.