Governor Bentley said the plan involves “arming guardsmen involved in state active duty as well as the four National Guard recruiting location”.
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The Hattiesburg storefront relocated to the 184th Sustainment Command in Laurel. Gen. Augustus Collins said.
“It’s important to let the community know that we’re back on the job”, Collins said. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the DOD asked civilians guarding recruiting stations to stop doing so after one experienced an “accidental weapons discharge” at an Ohio center on Thursday.
“We took a step back after the incident in Chattanooga and looked at what our security looked like”, said Harris. “With the changing situation in the United States now and around the world, we feel we need to supply more security for them“.
Bentley’s statement said members of the National Guard would be “armed and protected”, but did not elaborate.
The Department of Defense issued a directive in 1992 that limited the carrying of firearms on military sites mostly to law enforcement and security.
He thinks that reopening these offices does just that by showing our enemies that we’re still carrying on fighting for the freedoms that we stand for. That’s not new for us. “And to make sure the public knows that we’re adhering the governor’s policy”. “We serve the community and here are some things we can do to spark interest”.
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One of the most crushing images in the aftermath of the shootings showed the bullet-riddled glass front door of a Marine recruitment center with a “No Gun Zone” sign prominently displayed.
