Posted on 07/17/2015 9:49:18 AM PDT by rktman
Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Marine Dakota Meyer blasted special interest groups Thursday in the wake of a terrorist attack on a Navy recruiting center in Tennessee, calling for expansion of gun rights.
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Carry anywhere, anyway, with no feas, no restrictions of anykind. “Shall not be infringed.”
Well it isn’t “without infringement”. There is no Constitutional right that is “without infringement” Period.
Having said that. On another issue with which I could use a little info ... when it comes to carrying weapons on military bases, who makes that call nowadays?
I wonder if governors can order National Guardsmen to carry functional weapons while on duty.
The call has been made by federal statute prohibiting the possession of firearms on federal property. Idiocy. There’s some room for installation commanders to relax the policy, and I saw a couple of years ago that the commander at Ft. Hood had done so for CHL holders, but I think it’s been tightened back up again.
Did I mention idiocy? Fortunately/unfortunately, they rarely ask to check bags or trunks when you go through the gate.
Agreed. No state or city should infringe our right to exercise our 2nd amendment rights. Courts and Congress need to act to undo the usurption of our rights. SHould be easy action as most laws limiting 2nd amendment are racist, banning guns in areas with majority of population is non-White—California, DC, New York, Chicago.
Hmmm. Base commander via orders from the Pentagon? Guess contracted base security (civilians) are okay but heaven forbid some military person be armed. Ridiculouser and ridiculouser.
Absolutely, if they’re in state status and not on a federal installation.
Base security/security forces are authorized to carry because it’s in performance of their security duties. The rest of us, not so much.
As white folks are minorities in Cali now, can’t they file discrimination suits? Yeah, I know better.
And in a lot(most/all?) of these cases, these duties have been farmed out to civilian subcontractors. WTH?
Yes.
I think they can. The national guard come under the authority of the various governers.
If it were up to me a functional weapon would be a standard part of the military dress code.
Hero!!
I spent 21 years in the Navy and retired as a Chief Petty Officer in 1986. During that entire time, no guns were allowed on base unless they were stored in a locker controlled by base security.
Even my spear guns were not allowed.
Even back then the liberals had control of the military.
Many, certainly. I will admit that I go out of my way to get into the lane that has the guy/gal in uniform in it, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I get a salute and a “Welcome to Joint Base Randolph, Colonel”. To be fair, a lot of the contractors are former service members.
I agree, for military and civilians.
Every free man and woman should be able to arm themselves.
You’re kind of forgetting the “shall not be infringed” part, which rather clearly destroys the “there is no Constitutional right that is ‘without infringement’” meme.
Insofar as some of us might relent on the total absoluteness thereof (like “incarcerated prisoners lose that right”), there is no question that if it WILL be infringed, the infringement be on a per-case basis, adjudicated for a specific person given specific circumstances & facts - never a sweeping prohibition without consideration of individuals affected. The only other conditions I can imagine are particular facilities (again, adjudication applies) where a shot has an objective likelihood of causing extreme and unexpected damage (something akin to the Bhopal Disaster where a poison gas leak killed thousands), and even then the potential for such damage should cause reconsideration of the facilities’ location & design.
As for carry on military bases, that directive came from the top (at the time GHW Bush).
I’m hoping the next POTUS will, within his first 3 days in office, declares “WTF are active duty soldiers not armed? I don’t care where they’re located! Condition One .45s for everyone NOW!” and the first dissenting officer hindering that directive is demoted to Private on the spot.
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