Section 1062 of the Act prohibits the Secretary of Defense from issuing any requirement, or collecting or recording any information, “relating to the otherwise lawful acquisition, possession, ownership, carrying, or other use of a privately owned firearm, privately owned ammunition, or another privately owned weapon by a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense” on property not owned or operated by the DOD.
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I should have posted this. NRA got that language inserted into the NDA bill.
ReplyDeleteIt's never ceased to amaze me that some people can think that it's okay to arm a soldier for war, but not allow them to arm themselves for self-defense.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will let me carry on my Navy base?
ReplyDeleteThe BX at my local AF missile base recently opened a firearms counter, with 2 employees behind it. Hand-over-fist business, with plenty of evil black models, and aggressive pricing.
ReplyDeleteShocked, I tell you.
Gents -- I'm sorry that your comments got held up in moderation. I didn't realize they were sitting there.
ReplyDeleteWilliam, unfortunately, the answer is "no." This law only affects the DOD's ability to regulate what personnel do off base. This is because some commands were requiring weapons registration of off-base weapons, forbidding weapons possession in off-base quarters, and forbidding carry of firearms off base. Some of these regulations extended to dependents as well as the service member.
The new law includes a rider about property owned by DOD that allows DOD to continue to control firearms on base.
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A few bases have good gun counters. It seems hit or miss. Interestingly, not all of those bases actually have "loopholes" in their firearms policies to allow customers to legally purchase firearms at the BX. On at least a few bases if the MPs wanted to arrest you while you were walking out of the BX with a new purchase they probably could. It is basically the "Joan Peterson" model of policing (i.e. make everything illegal and then rely on police discretion--if you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear!). Luckily it doesn't seem to be abused too much.