You'd probably get kicked out, but there was no duty officer checking. I don't ever remember an inspection of our foot lockers or our vehicles.
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You may recall the mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 where the shooter (a soldier) took advantage of the no arms on base rule to kill 13 and injure 30 others. It's easy to second guess this stuff, and I can't account for real issues soldiers face, but to be a soldier killed on a base or school seems unnecessary to me.
USNA does randomly inspect rooms/vehicles and con lockers when ordered. There's no check them into secure storage, its a 100% cannot be on campus. The only "weapon" is an M1 with a blocked barrel and no firing pin for drills and parade purposes.
Were you allowed to carry knives or sabers?
A small pocket knife and swords are dull and ceremonial
huh. Weird. Can't imagine why you all couldn't be trusted, and I mean that.
For the same reason they modified all windows the summer after my plebe year to only open 6 inches vs opening all the way. Someone did something stupid and leadership went high and right.
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Sounds like insanity at the academies. We were clinbing out of 3rd story windows with literal bedsheets ropes in the Corps. And in case you didn't see my other post, all Texas public college students are permitted to carry a gun on them on campus if they have an LTC permit.
I did see it and believe me we had similar conversations while i was there about restrictions placed on us for any stupid reason. Similar to how they would wonder why students drank so much on weekends. Im not sure maybe because they cant leave campus except for 12 hours freshman year to maybe 48 by their senior. Its like a starting gun and its a race until liberty is over.
hmm. There was a lot more liberty at A&M, and yet it somehow produces a significant number of new officers every year. I didn't go that route, and I'm glad I didn't since I would have ended up in the propaganda wing (journalism major). But I knew hundreds of guys who did. The Academies may be more prestigious, but I think a less restrictive environment produces an equally ready group of soldiers. Maybe better, but I won't argue that here.
Anyway, my original criticism still stands, and frankly around the A&M Corps members, an active shooter wouldn't last long.
I should also note that all students at public Texas universities have the right to carry a firearm. This has been the case for years, and to my knowledge there hasn't been a case of a student shooting another on campus. If the rando Texas student is responsible enough to handle a firearm, why can't a cadet or soldier in a US military school or installation be trusted to do the same?