Why do we prevent Soldiers from carrying personal weapons...

[Historic NY]

9. In both the Washington Navy Yard case...

and Norfolk the weapons were obtained on post from the guard station and in the second from the shore patrol officer. If the premise is that all soldiers should be permitted to carry how would one determine who an offender would be. In this case and in the previous Ft Hood case the uniformed soldiers easily got weapons onto the base. The incidents were terminated by the intervention of armed police/security detachments. Perhaps increasing weapons screening procedures at the gates is necessary. Let no one pass....