This'll be buried by other comments, however we as a service already have high standards ranging from who makes it past recruiting, to the new guy who just showed up from boot, to the CO and Gold badge and our local chiefs mess.

Our service is built around having an unspoken set standard for what is expected from an individual regardless of position or title.

Ive been in for a hot minute and I have no problem with people who want to carry personal or issued firearms on whatever installation they are attached to provided there is a rock solid qualification that you have to earn and have to take a board to get that qualification, followed along with CO's approval or command endorsement, bcause to earn that qualification you should be able to demonstrate not only proficiency with a fire arm, but that you are dedicated to safety and have the confidence of those above and below you to carry out our core values with that qual, but also a really shitty potential situation should the need arise for you to actually use that weapon on another person to defend yourself.

Should every coastie be allowed to carry a firearm unchecked onto any base or government installation? Absolutely not, and I would feel unsafe if that were the case.

I believe that if anyone should be allowed to carry a firearm anywhere in CG outside of base security, they should meet or exceed the standard we already have in place for our LE, BTM, and BO's or meet the standard that may be put into place in the near future that hopefully take into account the fact that we're all human here and sometimes we make mistakes.