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Having been in and around the military all of my life, I can tell you from 60+ years of experience that most senior officers of any branch of the military are not in favor of "common people" carrying firearms, only uniformed military and police. The fact that a retired Admiral (McRaven) is against campus carry does not surprise me in the least. Just look at some of the knee jerk reactions the miltary has taken or attempted regarding the small number of shootings (not to demean the horrific nature of them) on military installations. Appx 15 years ago, they tried to force all service members on Ft Hood to register all of the firearms they owned regardless of the location of the firearm on or off post. This was quickly overridden and only those firearms which were stored or brought on-post were required to be registered. Now, following the most recent Ft Hood incident, one of the recommendations was that everyone, regardless of rank (to include the Commanding General?) would be required to have their commander's approval to register a firearm on post AND they are revisiting the requirement to register ALL firearms owned whether on-post, off-post or back at your permanent address with family. This time they are trying to slip the requirement into the National Defense Authorization Act so that it will "a law," not just a military regulation.

Senior military leaders are about control of their subordinates. Some dumb 19 year old private gets drunk, jumps on a motorcycle and turns himself into an organ donor and the first thing that happens is everyone in the chain of command is scrutinized as to "how much motor cycle training had the Soldier completed," "why didn't the 1st Sergeant inspect his motor cycle," "why did the Platoon Leader not give him a weekend safety briefing, have the Soldier initial it and Platoon Leader sign it." Have two or three of these incidents or practically ANY incident involving a firearm and heads roll in the chain of command....

McRaven being against campus carry is perfectly in character for flag officers.