Legalize Concealed Carry for Soldiers on Military Installations

[C Ward]

My view on this from the eye's of a late 80's 11b are I can see both sides of this .

While I think that we should have been trusted to do the right thing at the time it could have gone very bad .

There is not much more dangerous than a bored infantryman . There were numerous cases of world class irresponsibility and stupidity . There were people I served with that would get in a pissing contest in a heartbeat and would have easily escalated if the possibility would have been there .

[<MADDOG>]

My view on this from the eye's of a late 80's 11b are I can see both sides of this .

While I think that we should have been trusted to do the right thing at the time it could have gone very bad .

There is not much more dangerous than a bored infantryman . There were numerous cases of world class irresponsibility and stupidity . There were people I served with that would get in a pissing contest in a heartbeat and would have easily escalated if the possibility would have been there .

I'm torn also...

I had my fair share of intervening in "off-post" altercations with NCO's and their spouses with guns and alcohol in the mix. I can only imagine how bad that could get in the barracks, as I took part in some insane acts myself as a young 11B. Then I think about the possibilities of "informal" marksmanship competitions and the risk to wild-life.

At the same time, I don't think anyone should be walking around being mandated to be defenseless.

Tough call to make.