Should soldiers carry weapons at all times? No

This guy says yes, but he is not a soldier.

“(W)e’ve got a brand of stupid in this nation that I doubt you’d find anywhere else on Earth, let alone the galaxy. Requiring military members to be disarmed on military bases and in military installations? Two mass murders in the span of a few years, and yet this policy remains? Back in the Roman days, soldiers were required to be armed at all times, under penalty of death. Yet here we confiscate their personal firearms and tell them to keep their military issued weapons locked away, which leads DIRECTLY to these sorts of situations. What the hell is wrong with us? The first responders got there in seven minutes, which is an incredible response time. But there should have been return fire immediately. We trust these people to fight wars, operate battleships, fly jets, drop bombs, use drones, go on Special Forces missions, but we don’t think they’re competent or psychologically stable enough to carry a weapon to work without accidentally shooting each other?”

http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/09/17/military-members-trusted-to-fight-wars-not-trusted-to-carry-weapons-at-work/

Link from www.xbradtc.com

(Not every soldier should carry a pistol or a rifle. Just carrying the thing every day and qualifying once a year does not make a soldier proficient. Most combat arms soldiers – infantry, armor, engineers and military police -- can be trusted with rifles and pistols and ammunition, plus other soldiers who know what firearms are for and how to use and safely carry them. Over the years, the military has considered the guaranteed accidental shooting now and then, if soldiers were armed when not in field training. Soldiers in combat zones sometimes die in shooting accidents. Wearing a uniform does not make a soldier a proficient shooter.

(Soldiers carrying concealed weapons while on post … The services are not likely to change that prohibition.)