Florida Gov. Rick Scott has moved his state’s Guard recruiters from storefronts in urban areas to armories. Our armed services must have the ability to protect themselves on military bases in the US and overseas.
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“I’ll do everything I can to take care of our National Guard”, Scott said during a news conference in West Palm Beach on Saturday.
Nancy Proxmire, the mother of the fifth victim, Navy Petty Officer Randall Smith, made a trip to the memorial outside the military recruiting office in Chattanooga on Sunday.
Republican Sen. Dan Brown and GOP gubernatorial candidates Sen.
On Monday, there was some criticism of the White House’s lack of a national order to lower flags to half-staff. Abdulazeez also died.
Some Indiana soldiers and airmen have already begun the necessary training to carry handguns inside Indiana National Guard facilities.
A Guard spokesman, Maj. The review will determine whether that needs to be expanded.
But no weapons have yet been issued in any of those states, Brown said.
In the wake of the attacks, some state governors have ordered National Guard troops, which operate under state control via Title 32 of the U.S. Code, to carry arms at domestic facilities.
Carr adds he’s not concerned about the potential influx of so many weapons onto National Guard installations because, as he puts it, “safety is paramount”. The service members were shot at two unguarded military facilities in Chattanooga, including a recruiting office in a strip mall.
The previously-scheduled meeting of the Council of Governors follows last week’s fatal shootings at two military sites in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating and is attempting to determine Abdulazeez’s motive for the shootings.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, meanwhile, has ordered a security review of military facilities.
On Thursday Iowa’s governor will meet in Washington with the Council of Governors, which advises federal officials on military matters.
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In other states, officials have publicly announced security upgrades to recruiting centers, which can be seen as vulnerable because of their public locations.
