For the record...the Naval Base shootings? Were gun free zones.....

[2aguy]

For the morons who don't understand how the military operates......you do not get to carry a gun in a military Fort, or Naval Base........the only ones who have guns are the Military Police and Shore Patrol......and just like civilian police, they are usually minutes away from a shooting like this....

Another shooting in a gun-free zone: Two murdered, at least 11 hospitalized, in shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida - Crime Prevention Research Center

 

[ABikerSailor]

When I was part of the Security Force at Newport RI, all members were armed, and not only were there several patrols roaming the base (2 personnel in a car), there were also 2 armed guards at each gate. Response time at Newport when I was there was 2 min. or less.

 

[Rambunctious]

Its so ridiculous to have military bases "gun free"...I never will understand that...What do we do now days...hand out weapons as we get off the boat in a theater of war?....When I served the only place on base you couldn't be armed was in Church or a night club....we carried our rifles and side arms in cases through airports...our leaders trusted our training...I guess that is not possible with today's troops....or their training...