tark
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Indeed they can. Iowa is a Constitutional carry state, Illinois, a shall issue state. The Rock Island Arsenal is a 946 acre island in the middle of the Mississippi, between the two states.Military base commanders are allowed considerable authority over privately owned weapons on the base and can institute measures that go far beyond federal laws. O
Your right to carry ends at the guard shack. Army rules. Further, all visitors must check in at the visitor's center and undergo a background check. Anything that disqualifies you from owning a gun also disqualifies you from access to the Island. Even worse, non- US citizens are not allowed on the island. You read that right. We have turned away many an angry Brit, Canadian or Aussie.
The Base Commander / Dept. of the Army pretty much makes their own rules.