OPINION:
Now that the Islamic State has declared war on our stateside personnel (“U.S. sees ’more sophistication’ in Islamic State cyber capabilities,” Web, March 21) it is time President Obama rescinded his inappropriate executive order denying officers and staff noncommissioned officers the ability to be armed while on base or when traveling to and from their homes and quarters.
This rule is beyond stupid considering that the president has an armed protection detail at all times. Yet he is denying military personnel the ability to defend themselves, as in Fort Hood in 2009 and in the Navy Yard in 2013. Furthermore, if they have concealed-carry permits, they should be allowed to carry concealed weapons. Our state governments trust them to be armed; it is time for the federal government to trust them as well.
Miracles happen not in opposition to nature but in opposition to what we know of nature. Semper Fi.
CLANCY MCQUIGG
Woodbridge
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