Virginia Senator: Time to Arm Recruitment Centers

Nearly a week after the massacre of five U.S. service members in Chattanooga, Tennessee, private citizens are taking up the task of guarding military recruiting centers.

In Texas, volunteers are now standing guard outside the Wichita Falls military recruitment offices five days a week.

"As it stands right now they aren't allowed to arm themselves or protect themselves. So, you know what? We're going do it for them," retired Air Force veteran Mac Mastroni said.

**Former Marine and Virginia state Sen. Richard Black, R-Leesburg, spoke with CBN News about why service members at recruitment centers should be protected. Click play below to watch.

Mastroni said they plan to stand guard for as long as it's needed.

"You know, if somebody rolls up and tries something like that, we're going to do what we can to stop it," he said.

Meanwhile, the uncle of the Chattanooga gunman is under investigation in Jordan. Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez spent several months at his uncle's home in the Arab nation last year.

Authorities believe that may have been a turning point for the otherwise "all-American boy."

Jordanian officials say they're working in close coordination with the U.S. government.