Quote Originally Posted by Batteriesnare View Post
Could someone please explain this to me, as I do not have any military experience:

Why does the government not allow soldiers to carry weapons on base? Surely everyone there has had firearms training!

I would hope we could learn that an armed military on base would prevent such incidents, but I may be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The less the number of firearms floating around on post, the less chance for someone to get shot.