I think you’re right - the rifles could have been disabled without it being glaringly obvious with that gaping hole where the bolt should be.
Quick question: Why are the Marines carrying Garands, anyway? I thought the M-14 was the ceremonial rifle, like at Arlington, and those rifles are NOT disabled.
Not the first time the Marines gave their own back to POTUS. Remember whenever the draft dodger Clinton exited Marine One, the guard saluted but failed to execute the right face in order to watch the CoC’s back until out of sight. A military eye would have spotted this, but none were in the WH staff. Clinton was silently insulted by the Marine Corps all those years & never realized it.
Anyway, what kind of comment is it about our current POTUS that he doesn’t trust the citizenry with guns & doesn’t even trust his own military with guns? And we commoners are supposed to trust the police with guns, while being exhorted to give up our own?
Did GWB ever appear among his soldiers with their weapons disabled? I’m not aware of it.
Full stock manual of arms made easier, plus all the other stuff the 8th & I Marines do ... Silent Drill Team for instance.
I really enjoyed your post. The M-1 and the M-14 are almost the same rifle.... in fact the M-14 was originally designated the M-1A. I have no idea why these guys are carying M-1s... The USMC’s Silent Drill team, from the same psot carries M-14s.....
The Marines in the photo appear to be ceremonial troops from 8th and I Barracks in Washinton DC....USMC Headquarters.
Clinton was constantly being insulted by Marines without his, or for that matter the general publics, awareness....
I always get a bang out of his visit to Camp Lequne early in his 1st Term. The Marines with him were constantly shouting “Uhrah!” a word that the Marines took from the Turkish Troops they served with in Korea, which means “Kill!”
Clinton’s speech that night thanked the Marines for their “Hoorays” they constantly gave him and Hillary.....Dems are so clueless.....lolololol
GWB was comfortable in and among the troops of any branch or service....you’ll note that after Obama’s first few visits to Marine facilities early in his first four years, he rarely visits. Given the numerious photos of Marines frowning at him during these visits it’s no wonder he only feels comfortable when they have obviously non fuctional rifles at hand.
Pretty sad that the CIC can’t feel “safe” among his own troops, especially the creme of the crop like those at 8th and I......