Capitol Hill Republicans are pushing to arm service members at recruitment centers in the wake of the deadly Chattanooga, Tennessee, attack, but a “patchwork” of laws may get in the way.

While federal law gives the secretaries of the various armed forces the power to arm military employees if there’s a threat to a particular military base, most recruitment centers are located in malls or in public places — not federal land — and it’s unclear if the law applies to recruiters or reservists.

In these commercially leased spaces, state and local laws need to be followed, and they may not allow for guns, said Joe Kasper, a spokesman for Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican.

Mr. Hunter and Sen. Steve Daines, Montana Republican, intend to clarify the law to ensure secretaries can grant permission to arm reservists and recruiters with a case-by-case special authorization.

“As much as we would like to say you have to arm all these guys, it’s too problematic through the huge patchwork of state and local laws, and that creates a huge patchwork of complications,” Mr. Kasper said. “You’d run into problems, and it would be in their interest to have their authorization from Congress.”

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Jesus Christ. Even dumb ass NY has a specific expemtion to gun laws for on duty military personnel.

NJ too

Funny how when the politicians want something it's full speed ahead to find a way to 'interpret' the law but for something like this there's all sorts of legal issues and the fine print counts.

I swear, it's enough to make a man think about becoming cynical.

Military does not follow state and local gun laws, just like Fed LEOs do not follow state and local gun laws.

This could have been fixed over night with an executive order.

ETS. that article is full of fail.