apftwb@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agoHegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military basesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkHegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military basesapnews.comapftwb@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 days agoYou have to get through armed guards to get onto a base. Why would soldiers need to be armed for personal protection?
minus-squaregnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoTo protect themselves from the other armed off-duty soldiers, of course Any resulting violence will justify the need for more guns!
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoI hear we aren’t take taking sexual assault accusations seriously any more, but I doubt the reasoning is to allow women to defend themselves when they try to rape them. That would be very off-brand for this administration.
You have to get through armed guards to get onto a base. Why would soldiers need to be armed for personal protection?
To protect themselves from the other armed off-duty soldiers, of course
Any resulting violence will justify the need for more guns!
I hear we aren’t take taking sexual assault accusations seriously any more, but I doubt the reasoning is to allow women to defend themselves when they try to rape them. That would be very off-brand for this administration.
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