Why must I check my sword/knife collection in the arms room when I showed no signs of being violent (but am trusted with a 240B & ammo)?

2016-07-13T17:57:42-04:00

Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Jul 13 at 2016 6:02 PM

2016-07-13T18:02:00-04:00

Sounds as thought it is par for the coarse!

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Jul 13 at 2016 6:13 PM

2016-07-13T18:13:21-04:00

Need more info. Were you diagnosed with PTSD? Have you been reported to your unit for improper use? What did your counseling say? To put them in the arms room there should be a letter that goes along with the weapons outlying why they are there and making them a inspectable item only for verification's sake.. They can't up and take them for the hell of it. There is a reason. Did you tell your CSM he should've been a Cav scout or MP?

Response by SSG Stephan Pendarvis made Jul 13 at 2016 6:17 PM

2016-07-13T18:17:28-04:00

Are you keeping the 240B and ammo at your home?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 13 at 2016 8:48 PM

2016-07-13T20:48:23-04:00

Because Army.

Response by SFC Everett Oliver made Jul 13 at 2016 9:21 PM

2016-07-13T21:21:02-04:00

Certainly not keeping a 240B in the barracks or at home.... Local policies I'm sure...

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jul 13 at 2016 10:20 PM

2016-07-13T22:20:02-04:00

Were you living in the barracks or housing at that time?
Who is "they" that made you store swords and knifes in the arms room?
If command directed those items should have been stored in the supply room, not arms room.
Was this a unit policy or an individual action for you?
Your profile shows you got out in 2003..... why is this now a question? Have you been harboring ill will about this issue for 13 years?

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made Jul 13 at 2016 11:41 PM

2016-07-13T23:41:31-04:00

Because, and we all know this happens..."Joe" gets drunk in the barracks, and somebody will then use the key phrase, "Here Hold my Beer" and then "Hey Y'all, watch this" OR the really dangerous dude says, "Hey I got a great Idea" and the next thing you know, someone tried to do the "Knife between the fingers really fast thing" and ends up with a Dagger stuck through your hand, into a table top....OR some Chuckle head buys some throwing knives, because they had to learn to throw them in Starship Troopers, and this guy then uses the back of the brand new door in his brand new barracks room as a target backer for a construction paper target.....Dude, for every responsible Soldier in the barracks, you got a Chucklehead that might have been a P-H-D, but he became a mental midget when he became a P-V-T.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 14 at 2016 7:38 AM

2016-07-14T07:38:05-04:00

Privately owned weapons vs government (controlled) issue.

Different animals, different risks.

Response by SSG Mark Franzen made Jul 14 at 2016 6:43 PM

2016-07-14T18:43:19-04:00

MAYBE THEY WANTED YOUR STUFF SAFE SO NO ONE WOULD GET IT. I THINK IT IS A
SMART IDEA.

Response by SPC James Gehringer made Jul 15 at 2016 2:27 AM

2016-07-15T02:27:29-04:00

ok i didn't have enough spaces to phrase the question the way i wanted in the original question so i used my personal expereance as a quick exsample it should have read>> why is it policy to make a soilder who lives in the barricks whith no history of mental disorders and doesn't drink and shows no signs of violent behavior check his/her personal knife/sword collection in the arms room but trust them to carry a belt fed machine gun with atleast 300 rounds in the feild? so i guess i could have aslo worded it: why is it a soilder can be trusted with a weappon system that fires 800 to 900 round a minute in a feild inviroment and not trusted their personal weapons (even knives) in a garrison enviroment being that soilder is the same person in the field as they are in the garrison?

Response by SFC Kevin C. made Jul 17 at 2016 5:34 PM

2016-07-17T17:34:14-04:00

I had a soldier that was keeping a sword in the barracks. He kept it hid under one of the old gray metal wall lockers. I ended up finding it and offered to keep it for him at my quarters off post. That was one sharp as crap blade.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jul 18 at 2016 1:46 PM

2016-07-18T13:46:30-04:00

Because there are regs about personal weapons in the barracks.....essentially, they're not allowed.

Response by SPC Jonathan Schmidt made Jul 19 at 2016 4:02 AM

2016-07-19T04:02:53-04:00

My command tried to pull that one on me until I showed them the III Corp. official barracks policy stating that only blades over 7 inches had to be checked in at the unit arms room. They didn't like it much but I had written policy from far higher than them on my side.