Hegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military bases

https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-policy-guns-military-bases-hegseth-09cdd079f8ac28aa72b2349859e2f54e

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in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 136d

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 136d

Which shows that ha has absolutely no idea how military works. You keep soldiers and their weapons separated unless they actually need those weapons.

plyth@feddit.org · 21 pts · 136d

Sounds like preparation for a coup d'état.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 136d

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 136d

"mass casualty events, such as the shootings by an Army psychiatrist at Texas’ Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead."

Kind of burying the story here... Fort Hood has had MULTIPLE shootings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting

(Why yes, yes he did use his personal firearm)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Fort_Hood_shootings

(Also a personal firearm, bought from the same store the previous shooter used.)

cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 136d

It's not a question of if but when this back…fires. I'll see myself out.

Soulphite@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 136d

One of em might decide to choose Luigi one day and bop ole bowser pete on the head. That'd be neat.