During a July 23
interview on the Lars Larson Show, Senator Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) said
that in June he “submitted an amendment audio” to the 2016 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) “to give military base commanders the authority to
allow service members to carry personal firearms.”
That was weeks before the heinous attack on Chattanooga, but he
says the amendment went nowhere because Senate Armed Services Committee
Chairman
Sen.
John McCain (R-AZ) “didn’t want the amendment as part
of the bill and wouldn’t accept it.”
On July 21–just 5 days after the heinous attack in
Chattanooga–Senator Heller re-introduced his amendment and asked “that National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conferees include [it]” so our troops can be
armed for self-defense.
Heller sent a letter to Chairman McCain and the members of the
Armed Services committee, saying:
I encourage all conferees to look at my amendment, along with
the language passed by the House, as a reasonable and effective way to move
forward on this issue and give our nation’s base commanders the authority they
need to create a safer environment for our heroes serving across America.
Never should the men and women serving at home have to be afraid
that the base they work, and often live, on is not safe. First
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