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In reply to the discussion: Can we please dispel this myth that military people are at full battle rattle 24/7? [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,229 posts)37. Military bases and facilities are NOT "gun free zones."
They are "CCW free zones."
There's a major difference.
There are people with guns on these military installations. Just not private citizens, and not always members of the military.
And allowing private citizens to be armed on a military base....well, I think the stupidity of that course of action speaks for itself.
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Can we please dispel this myth that military people are at full battle rattle 24/7? [View all]
MindPilot
Sep 2013
OP
Funny how the military thinks that the servicemen do not need to walk around base with weapons and
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#1
I spent 5 straight days wandering the training area, looking for night vision goggles
wercal
Sep 2013
#17
Alot of people are also under the mistaken impression that everybody lives on base,
wercal
Sep 2013
#7
IIRC that ribbon is one of the many my dad had. Of course the nicest one was his DFC.
kestrel91316
Sep 2013
#28
three years ago, a nutjob with a rifle shot the guard at entrance to Holocaust museum
onenote
Sep 2013
#25