Posted on 04/21/2015 11:50:46 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Cruz cited three gun-related attacks in gun-free zones since November 2009 to emphasize his point: Fort Hood (2009), DC Navy Yard (2013), and Fort Hood (2014).
These attacks were all carried out on military installations by gunmen who passed background checks for their firearms. So the situation has not arisen from a lack of gun control, but from conditions created in a climate where there is so much gun control that innocent people cannot defend their own lives.
According to Politico, Cruz said, “I am very concerned about that policy. I think it’s very important to have a public discussion about why we’re denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
Cruz told gun owners in Litchfield that he is “pressing” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain for “hearings on whether soldiers should be allowed to carry their own concealed firearms onto military bases.”
Military gun-free zones were implemented just months into the Clinton presidency. The Washington Times reported that “one of President Clinton’s first acts upon taking office in 1993 was to disarm U.S. soldiers on military bases.”
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“Gov Walker also banned guns in State buildings in violation of State law.”
Source, please.
I did a quick search, did not find it.
The ban has been in effect for a long time. I believe it was put in effect shortly after WWII.
For most of that time, installation commanders had the discretion to make their own rules on the carry of arms by soldiers.
There was a real problem with moral after Vietnam.
Now we have an all volunteer, professional army. They are very good. A cheap way to increase security, without political blowback, is to allow those that take the trouble to obtain a concealed carry permit to do so.
jsonline.com/news/statepolitics from Nov 30,2011
Also, Redstate article “Twelve Reasons Not to Vote for Scott Walker”.
There are others. I just typed in “Scott Walker ban on guns in State buildings” in the google search bar.
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