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Please see the attached letter that I just sent to thehead of theAir ForceSergeants Association. I suggest that we all lobby through our respective services at this time when military installation safety is at the forefront of discussion. I am not asking for critique, simply some help with getting the message across that rapes and murders do happen on base, and many bases are located in very high crime areas. We need help to avoid becoming a victim.
Mr. McCauslin,
I am writing on behalf of my family as well as my own well being. Recent and historic incidents have displayed that although many feel safe on a military installation this is not always a reality. Many of our children attend the CDC, sporting events, hospitals etc. on base. Police response is just that a response to an already occurring incident. Heinous acts can happen in seconds and take minutes for the arrival of security forces. The military is trusted to open and concealed carry in the AOR under certain guidance, and I would like this to be true at our home stations. The second amendment should apply to everyone and not be limited to the gates of a military installation. No matter in what capacity I would hope that you can see the benefit to having those trusted to carry weapons in the AOR, to be trusted to carry a means of self defense on a military installation and to help ensure we have a way if we so choose to defend ourselves on the way home from work.
You know the base procedures and unless a RAM is conducted any individual who wanted to bring a weapon onto a military installation could do so. The members of the military deserve as much, and should be granted the right to not only exercise the freedoms protected by the second amendment but entrusted to protect our family, DOD workers, business partners, and guests alike. Could you please state the Air Force Sergeants Association stance on military members being entrusted to defend themselves.
I am really seeking an Air Force wide policy which allows for at the very least a parallel to the existing state laws at each base location. Perhaps the tragedy at Fairchild on 20 June 1994 that left four dead ten people in critical condition, would have been averted or minimized if we allowed means to self defense. I think the recent events at Fort Hood reiterate that military installations are not immune from violent crime. You are probably aware of the location of many Air Force installations in their relation to high crime areas. Please help me help myself, by supporting policy to establish weapon rights for military members on military installations. Thank you for your time and consideration.
V/R
(UCMJ forbids me posting my name here)
Please see the attached letter that I just sent to thehead of theAir ForceSergeants Association. I suggest that we all lobby through our respective services at this time when military installation safety is at the forefront of discussion. I am not asking for critique, simply some help with getting the message across that rapes and murders do happen on base, and many bases are located in very high crime areas. We need help to avoid becoming a victim.
Mr. McCauslin,
I am writing on behalf of my family as well as my own well being. Recent and historic incidents have displayed that although many feel safe on a military installation this is not always a reality. Many of our children attend the CDC, sporting events, hospitals etc. on base. Police response is just that a response to an already occurring incident. Heinous acts can happen in seconds and take minutes for the arrival of security forces. The military is trusted to open and concealed carry in the AOR under certain guidance, and I would like this to be true at our home stations. The second amendment should apply to everyone and not be limited to the gates of a military installation. No matter in what capacity I would hope that you can see the benefit to having those trusted to carry weapons in the AOR, to be trusted to carry a means of self defense on a military installation and to help ensure we have a way if we so choose to defend ourselves on the way home from work.
You know the base procedures and unless a RAM is conducted any individual who wanted to bring a weapon onto a military installation could do so. The members of the military deserve as much, and should be granted the right to not only exercise the freedoms protected by the second amendment but entrusted to protect our family, DOD workers, business partners, and guests alike. Could you please state the Air Force Sergeants Association stance on military members being entrusted to defend themselves.
I am really seeking an Air Force wide policy which allows for at the very least a parallel to the existing state laws at each base location. Perhaps the tragedy at Fairchild on 20 June 1994 that left four dead ten people in critical condition, would have been averted or minimized if we allowed means to self defense. I think the recent events at Fort Hood reiterate that military installations are not immune from violent crime. You are probably aware of the location of many Air Force installations in their relation to high crime areas. Please help me help myself, by supporting policy to establish weapon rights for military members on military installations. Thank you for your time and consideration.
V/R
(UCMJ forbids me posting my name here)