Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: An impromptu show of support following last week's shootings at the recruiting stations is becoming a common scene around the country - men with pistols and high-powered rifles sweating in the summer sun, acting as self-appointed armed guards. Blake Farmer of member station WPLN reports from Tennessee where volunteers say they will stay as long as it takes.BLAKE FARMER, BYLINE: They're part protester, part vigilante. They want to change a 1992 federal order that bans most service members from carrying a gun on bases and recruiting offices in the U.S. Organizer Brandon Curran grasps his AR-15 with a high-capacity magazine as he explains.BRANDON CURRAN: Strange that a civilian can sit outside with this kind of weapon, and they can't even put a handgun on their hip.FARMER: Like many recruiting stations, this one in Murfeesboro, Tenn., just outside Nashville, is in a strip mall, wedged between a Gold's Gym and Hobby Lobby. A sign
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