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Military personnel give up some Constitutional rights during military service. We should preserve and protect their Second Amendment rights in concert with military discipline.
1 posted on 03/01/2018 11:33:04 AM PST by marktwain
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Common Sense!!

I believe they are unarmed at the recruitment centers, also.

2 posted on 03/01/2018 11:36:24 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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“President Trump to Review Ban on Military Personnel Carrying Firearms”

About time. Good.


3 posted on 03/01/2018 11:37:52 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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I thought we fixed this in 2016 with DoD Directive 5210.56, Arming and the Use of Force.

http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/521056_dodd_2016.pdf

4 posted on 03/01/2018 11:44:19 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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It’s been awhile, so I ask out of ignorance...
Doesn’t everyone draw a weapon and ammo when they get assigned to the next duty station ?


5 posted on 03/01/2018 11:44:58 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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Amidst all the good and bad that came up in that meeting yesterday President Trump was quite vocal and strong about the absurdity that military bases can’t defend themselves.


8 posted on 03/01/2018 11:51:41 AM PST by plain talk
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But he does not want military personnel under 21 to be able to buy these weapons? I wonder how they will get them?


14 posted on 03/01/2018 12:05:19 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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What does it say about America when those who are trained in the use of firearms to defend the nation are deemed incompetent to carry firearms...?


18 posted on 03/01/2018 12:14:15 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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When I was in the service we had to qualify with common US, Soviet and Chicom military small arms and that included hitting the target while shooting with each weapon.

If memory serves me, that was about 80 to 100 different weapons (both rifles and handguns).

The one that gave guys the most problems was the B-40 RPG launcher. There was a gas port that steadied the weapon during firing and the gas port exhausted on the right side. If you were a lefty and you didn’t put it on your right shoulder, you’d burn the side of your face when you pulled the trigger.


24 posted on 03/01/2018 12:29:11 PM PST by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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Why wait for another f***in review? Could happen with a stroke of a pen.


26 posted on 03/01/2018 12:38:11 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: marktwain; Donald J Trump
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would review policies that keep troops from carrying personal weapons onto military bases.

That's the way to do it, Donald!!! Excellent plan! We need more FREEDOM, not more government interference in our lives.

31 posted on 03/01/2018 12:57:55 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Every time I go on base I ask the guards if there’s any news about being able to carry on base...it’s one of the few places I actually disarm for these days.


38 posted on 03/02/2018 2:42:27 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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