After several “workplace violence” shootings at U.S. military facilities, 81 percent of military servicemen and women want the ability to carry a concealed weapon on stateside military bases, a new Rasmussen Report survey found.
Only 15 percent oppose allowing concealed-carry on bases, while 4 percent are undecided.
Also in response to the Tennessee shooting, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter sent a two-page memo to service secretaries asking them to review gun policies to meet security threats.
“The tragic shooting on July 16 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, illustrates the continuing threat to DoD personnel in the U.S. homeland posed by Homegrown Violent Extremists,” Mr. Carter wrote. “This incident and the ongoing threat underscore the need for DoD to review its force protection and security policies, and procedures, particularly for off-installation DoD facilities.”