Rearming the Military

 John Farnum has an interesting idea that deserves to at least be considered.  The idea, written about at Ammoland entitled Trump Should Order All Our Military Officers and NCOs To Carry Concealed At All Times. Obviously, there would need to be special training. Carrying concealed here at home is much different from carrying overseas and carrying in a war zone. It might involve renegotiating our Status of Forces Agreements with foreign countries where we have bases. But certainly, the President can order military members to carry on base even overseas.

With DJT now in office, we have a window of opportunity to officially endow our military Officers and NCOs with the very “good faith and confidence” to which we now give only hollow lip service.

All our military Officers and NCOs should routinely “go armed” (concealed pistols) at all times, on and off base. The authority to do so will be federal, and thus, it supersedes all local and state laws and regulations.

Of course, this will require compulsory training since military personnel, regardless of rank, currently have scant idea of what to do with a pistol (the unhappy case for the last one hundred years)!

Discreet, professional concealed carry is an art that requires specific equipment, training, and philosophical grounding and needs to be taught by experienced instructors who do it routinely.

Specific knowledge of how all this fits into our criminal justice system, indeed the entire “concealed-carry lifestyle,” including guns in the home, is also essential since these Officers and NCOs will be armed all the time, no matter where they go.

Please read Farnum's article. It is short, and of course short on details. But one must understand that he is talking about officers and senior enlisted, not your buck privates. It does require specific training and understanding of what a concealed carrier should do. Just because they carry concealed does not mean that they should go looking for trouble. Rather, they should be ready and able to defend themselves and others if the need arises.