Gates Approves Tighter Gun Restrictions After Ft. Hood Shoot

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed off on a new policy regulating how privately owned guns can be carried or stored on U.S. military installations.

The policy was developed following the shooting at Fort Hood in November, which left 13 soldiers dead. The suspect, Major Nidal Hasan was able to bring weapons he bought onto the base.

The new standardized policy is part of list of recommendations accepted by Gates and adopted by the Department of Defense after a review of the November shooting.

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This seems like a kneejerk reaction but clearly it has some support.

I'm not sure it's really going to have much impact though. I mean, how often does something like the Ft. Hood massacre actually happen? Hardly ever.

Excessive firearm restrictions on military bases seems a bit strange to me.