This time, a shooter, in a "gun free zone", on a military installation. If the military folks could carry, would he have been able to do as much damage?
The gunman who opened fire at Naval Air
Station Pensacola, killing three, is reportedly a foreign national from a
Middle Eastern country.
The gunman opened fire Friday morning, killing three innocents and causing numerous others to be transported to the hospital for injuries.
The Associated Press reports that the Pensacola gunman was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia.
NBC News reports that the gunman’s name was Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani.
On December 6, 2019, Breitbart News reported
that Naval Air Station Pensacola is a gun-free zone. The station’s
firearm policy, as described by Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, notes:
While federal and state laws differ widely on the
subject, regulations pertaining to the registration, transportation, and
storage of firearms on Naval Installations in the Mid-Atlantic area of
responsibility are clear. According to the instruction, all hands share
responsibility for adhering to regulations pertaining to the
registration, transportation, and storage of firearms in the AOR.
The policy also points out that “state issued ‘concealed weapons permits’ are not recognized on any Navy installation.”
The firearm policy allows guns to be brought on base after obtaining
approval from a commanding officer but notes that such firearms “may
only be stored in the installation’s armory.” Moreover, during transport
onto the installation, all firearms are to be “unloaded and secured
with a trigger lock and ammunition must be carried in the farthest most
possible location away from the firearm.”
Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola on Friday morning, according to Pensacola News Journal.
Escambia Sheriff’s spokeswoman Amber Southard said the shooter is also dead.
Baptist Hospital
confirmed it is treating five patients related to the shooting, while
six were transported to Ascension Sacred Heart.
“There’s probably been 100 or so various law enforcement vehicles zooming down the wrong side on Navy Boulevard,” said
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh. “There’s been ambulances,
fire trucks. It’s my understanding there’s multiple causalities. I
haven’t heard of any fatalities yet.”
The White House said President Donald Trump has received a briefing on the shooting.
NAS Pensacola
employs more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel,
according to its website. One of the Navy’s most historic and storied
bases, it sprawls along the waterfront southwest of downtown Pensacola.
The base dominates the economy of the surrounding area and includes the
National Naval Aviation Museum, a popular regional tourist attraction.
Not a lot of details thus far, but how did a foreigner manage to get a gun onto the base, when American military personnel aren't even allowed to carry there? You'd think commons sense would mean always searching such peope before allowing their entry. Then again, common sense would ean allowing military people, who can be armed in other nations, the ability to defend their home base.
Please share any links and updates you find, and remember to pray for those affected.
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