The challenge lies in the security of said arms. The military requirements fall into the "overly stupid" category for security. Sight counts, access control, Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives screening forms, physical security, inspections, etc. For example, an "amnesty box", for troops to drop rounds they forgot to turn in must be a lockable ammo can welded to a large steel pipe which is buried in a 6 foot concrete cylinder in the ground. That's for loose rounds, .50 cal and smaller.Netpackrat wrote:How so? If a recruit is scared off by the sight of an armed recruiter, then perhaps he was not fit for service in the armed forces to begin with.Yogimus wrote:Indeed. it is incompatible with standard recruiting operations.Netpackrat wrote: It was my understanding that the military has already established procedures for issuance of weapons to its personnel.
The only way that I see it happening is 1. The recruiting center is close enough to a base that a duty recruiter can swing by and pick up weapons for the recruiting personnel for that day, or 2. A model similar to The Basic School, where there is always a duty on post, who is armed and conducts sight counts, and the personal weapons for each individual are secured in a Tufloc gun rack. Recruiters work long hours already, so adding a duty post to their job further complicates it.
I am unsure if NCIS is authorized to keep their issued pistols at home, but that may be another viable model for solution. Of course, the number of cops, both federal and local, that are allowed to have their go-happy enabled M4s at home prove that it can be done, but please see my "overly stupid" statement.
