Punish the Majority

That’s the military way. When ONE member of a unit does something wrong, they punish the whole unit, hoping members of the unit will punish the “evildoer” for making the whole unit suffer. But that doesn’t work in the matter of keeping soldiers on military bases unarmed because 20% come back from Iraq or Afghanistan as “damaged goods” likely to take their guns and shoot their fellow soldiers. To solve that problem, let the 80% responsible soldiers be armed so they can defend themselves. As in the private sector, you don’t buy self-defense by DISARMING us. But they don’t know that. In government, the most simplistic method is the one used. And it IS “simplistic” to disarm ALL military personnel on base rather than disarm only those likely to misuse their guns, so that 80% can put a stop to any of their number who want to shoot up the place before they can kill as many people. People around with their own guns that a would-be shooter don’t necessarily know are armed is the answer—not disarming everybody. But that’s their way, which is why so many die. (Just common sense)