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Meanwhile, the law abiding, order obeying Army Sgt. is dead because her only defense was a protective order ignored by a criminal.
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There's so much detail lacking in that news release that any speculation is just wild ass guessing.
Was she in fact armed? Or unarmed? Did anyone or any regulation prevent her from being armed?
Did hubby live on base (with her)? If not, how recently separated?
Did the event happen at their on-base quarters? Or somewhere else?
Was HE the authorized quarters dweller... with her moved to the barracks by CoC?
If she had a restraining order, why was he still allowed on post?
Did she abrogate the restraining order by agreeing to meet or speak with him?
Alcohol or drugs involved?
Cheating or jealousy driving the emotional train?
Whose gun?
Prior incident history of both parties?
Child custody involved?
Police called by victim?
Obviously, she wound up dead and he arrested. But it's not so easy to assign secondary causality (e.g., infringement of her legal right to be armed) without knowing a hell of a lot more. In police work, there's two (or more) sides to most stories and the truth usually found somewhere in the middle.
Domestics are invariably ugly. And military bases are just small cities. Inhabited by a representative cross section of American society. With all the same attendant drama that occurs anywhere else. Including the occasional homicide.
Unfortunate, but I'd not read too much into it (as a gun control issue) without a lot better reporting of the facts.