Posted on Apr 10, 2016
With the murder-suicide that happened at Lackland AFB, do you believe that on-base personnel should be authorized to carry weapons?
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This is a touchy and politically loaded question especially after the event at lackland AFB. When I was serving, our unit or base cycled the different units through response levels, i.e rapid response, post support, and training. Let me further state that I don't believe that the MP's are capable of responding to every situation alone. I believe that the best combination would be to have each unit as they move thru the cycles be assigned a contingency force duty, and they would be armed. Further I believe that recruiters, being NCO's should be armed (may be legal problems with this however).
I don't believe soldiers in general should be able to conceal carry or be armed because for the most part, you have a lot of soldiers that are pushed to perform and may reach a snapping point. While I was deployed for example I had a soldier that threatened to kill me. When he came too my driver had already secured him in the back of the vehicle.
I don't believe soldiers in general should be able to conceal carry or be armed because for the most part, you have a lot of soldiers that are pushed to perform and may reach a snapping point. While I was deployed for example I had a soldier that threatened to kill me. When he came too my driver had already secured him in the back of the vehicle.
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SSG(P) Ell Pizarek
Let me add that the majority of employers outside of the military have policy's that prohibit personal weapons in the work place and on company property. This is why this is not an easy answer. After the several incidents of mass shootings on military personal, I think there needs to be some course of action taken to protect our soldiers and their families.
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