Our hearts continue to go out to the families of four U.S. Marines who were viciously killed on their home soil yesterday in Chattanooga. While the media debates the Islamic connections of the gunman, one thing is painfully clear: America is not just at war abroad, but at home. And the environment — under an administration more concerned about open transgenderism in the military than the mission of it — is only getting worse. As these families grieve, a lot of the focus will undoubtedly be on the vulnerability of our brave men and women, especially in places like this recruiting station and other smaller military installations where the government refuses to let our troops protect themselves. One of the starkest images from yesterday’s rampage was a small, white no firearms sign at the station door. Like a lot of places, this Marine office was a gun-free zone, making its occupants sitting ducks for attacks like this one. The day of the attack Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-TX, and I talked about the ridiculousness of these rules — and their potential for exploitation under radical jihadists or anyone with the intent to harm. “The more DOD refuses to acknowledge that radical Islam is at war with us, the more danger our military members are really in, even where they should be more protected,” Louie told me on Washington Watch. “For Heaven’s sake, our military ought to be the ones who are able to defend themselves, but these rascals know that even at the recruiting stations, these are gun-free zones. The Senate needs to stop their opposition to the amendment…to allow commanders that are over any military installation to provide procedures so that they can have people armed at these installations,” he said. “Let’s get the gun-free zones removed from military stations, and let people defend themselves,” he concluded. If you’re in the military, he argued, “you ought to be qualified to carry a weapon, and you ought to be trusted to carry a weapon.” Let’s pray the military recognizes that before more unnecessary blood is spilled.
