With events such as both Fort Hood incidents, Washington Navy Yard, the Little Rock recruiting office shooting, Fairchild AFB, and many others over the years, I believe military service members should be allowed to carry concealed both on and off post in order to protect themselves and others. Service members are required to carry weapons everywhere while deployed in a combat zone, yet not allowed to carry weapons here where terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda have called for and threatened attacks on service members, their families and government facilities not to mention attacks by armed criminals. Terrorists are planning attacks even on the Capitol. To a terrorist the entire world is their combat zone. Service members should be authorized the option to defend against this threat.



