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By: Winnie Wright
July27, 2015
Tallahassee, FL - Armed civilians stood guard outside of Tallahassee's two Armed Services Recruiting Centers Monday. It comes in response to the shooting earlier this month in Chattanooga that left five servicemen dead.
"It's ludacris that these guys are not able to be armed", says retired military member, Peter Ribaudo.
That's the message a group that calls themselves the Oath Keepers was trying to get across.
"Yes, it's to protect the guys, our brothers, fellow military. I'm allowed to have a gun, I'm allowed to have a voice. They're not allowed to have either one. In fact, they have to just shuffle out, and I can't imagine being in their spot", says Leon Oath Keeper Chapter Leader, Ivan Chiplinsky.
The Oath Keepers say because the recruiters must be unarmed, they are virtually sitting ducks,something Florida law-makers have acknowledged.
Despite Florida Governor, Rick Scott, moving all recruiting operations in to the armories for safety reasons shortly after the Chattanooga Shooting, for leadership at the Henry Mulhearn National Guard Armory in Tallahassee, they say everything is running business-as-usual.
However at the recruiting centers, it was not business-as-usual. The doors remained locked, aside from the occasional serviceman coming in and out. The Oath Keepers say, they will be there as long as they're needed, to protect those men and women.
"We have a vested duty to be responsible for our own security and the security of our neighbors", continues Chiplinsky.
The Oath Keepers say they are all current and former members of the U.S. military with Concealed Weapons Permits. Their firearms were not visible at Monday's event.
