Ease the standards for privately owned weapons on base. Thoughts?

I would be in favor. Pretty much all of us who've served have been trained in small arms and there's no shortage of knowledgeable people we could seek out to help us train. The idea that we're trusted with weapons like artillery etc. but not with our own, private weapons on post is ludicrous.

This doesn't go far enough. Giving the commanders authority will not bring about any meaningful changes. There needs to be a blanket authorization that is independent of the chain of command that allows anyone who is lawfully allowed to carry a weapon of base to do so on. Then and only then will there be meaningful changes. I think a 2nd order effect would be that people would be far more polite to each other up and down the chain of command lol.

We drank a lot and fought a lot in the Marines but we all owned and kept knives. I don't recall anyone ever getting stabbed or cut anywhere I was stationed so I figure Service personnel would be mature enough to handle firearms on base also.