So now the rate limiting step will be whose weapon?
Recruiting stations don’t have an armory, are they going to put 9mm pistols in each recruiting station and how will they secure them?
They certainly aren’t going to allow personal weapons.
And are they going to allow recruiters to carry a weapon when they go off site?
I just don’t believe they are going to allow this to happen. This will be the end of the story until another recruiting station gets shot up.
I did the research for this decision last week. It mainly came down to the “inherent right of self-defense” argument, which won the day over the objections of a number of Pentagon types, both in my JAG Corps and elsewhere, who kept saying they didn’t want “people going cowboy”. Can you frickin’ believe it? I had to convince (civilian, former AD) Air Force members that recruiters can be trusted with arms.
Idiocy.
The first time one is stolen or a service member forgets and carries one off property then it will end if not before.