FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The Fort Leonard Wood Directorate of Emergency Services reminds everyone entering Fort Leonard Wood that firearms must be unloaded and declared to access control point personnel.
“Although we have signs at each (gate) reminding people … we have seen an uptick in the amount of folks we are finding violating these rules,” said DES Sgt. Maj. Cameron Regur.
As a reminder, all firearms:
— must be registered prior to bringing the weapon onto the installation. Newly arriving personnel have 24 hours to register weapons after signing for on-post housing or receiving their weapons from a household goods delivery.
— must have a valid weapons registration present when being transported on post.
— being transported through an access control point must be declared to the security guard. A gun case in plain sight on the back seat of a vehicle is not the same as declaring it to the guard.
— must be unloaded during transport, and the ammunition must be stored separately from the weapon while being transported.
— transported in a vehicle must be secured in the trunk. For vehicles without a trunk they need to be encased in a hard or soft container and separated in the vehicle in such a manner that they are not readily available or accessible to the driver or passengers. Firearms must not be encased and transported in the vehicle’s glove compartment, or any other console within the vehicle.
Regur said Fort Leonard Wood does not recognize any state or federal concealed carry permit.
“No concealed weapons are allowed on Fort Leonard Wood at any time,” he said.
Civilian violators — to include contractors, military family members and retirees — can expect a mandatory appearance in Federal Magistrate Court, most often in Springfield, Missouri, Regur said.
“Service members are referred to their chain of command for adjudication under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice,” he added. “Installation senior leadership is looking at every Soldier who violates weapons policies and regulations. Violators will also have their weapons confiscated as evidence until either adjudication in court or by their chain of command.”
Call the North Gate visitor control center at 573.596.0590 for answers to any additional questions regarding weapons policies here.
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