Quote Originally Posted by DVC View Post

How do we get CCWs recognized on DoD installations? Is the National Park model a good one?
That's actually not a bad idea...at least as far as the issue of whether or not anyone (for example a retiree visiting the commissary) can carry on post. Doesn't fix the issue of whether soldiers are allowed to do so.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but I submit that every soldier should be issued an M11 pistol and a concealment holster and required to qualify with it. On post and off duty carry become mandatory. It's no longer a CCW issue, but rather a force protection issue. No different than making every soldier carry a weapon on the FOB.

I'm not all that confident that the rent-a-cops do much to keep military facilities secure. Seems to me a second line of defense of trained, armed soldiers will do a hell of a lot more to make them hard targets.