they don’t allow soldiers to be armed w/loaded weapons at their inaugurations b/c they don’t trust them.
bkmk
The kind of mental characteristics necessary to maintain firearms (and other weapons) in good working order are usually not present in the mind of the typical lefty.
Orderliness, discipline, problem-solving skills, linear thinking... without these, complex weapons become useless junk.
People who can think like that are not going to turn into rabid supporters of kooky left-wing emotionality.
Of all the comments that came out of the recent Texas Bundy Ranch/BLM fiasco, the one that really stuck with me was something to the effect of "look what people will do for a paycheck," referring to the BLM employees who were lined up with their weapons and their Ford Excursions.
A basic problem for the Left is that - since their movement is based on dishonesty - they can't count on their soldiers carrying on once things get nasty, and the paychecks stops, and the food stops, and things start getting really harry.
Basically, they're bluffing. To call their bluff will be expensive, but they'll never back it.
Even the leaders of the USSR couldn't back it. Not indefinitely.
I served under both Carter and Reagan.
The policy was the same then.
My father served under Truman and Eisenhower...the policy was the same then.
We had a FReeper right here on FR claim soldiers, sailors, and airmen would “trip over their slings...and kill massive amounts of people” if they were allowed weapons. This from an Army officer of Bradley vehicle units. He and his dad, another freeper, got pissed when I called him on it. They basically said everyone else’s child in the military were idiots that shouldn’t be allowed weapons, even if they could obtain a concealed weapons permit in civilian life. The mere fact they were in the military somehow made them idiots unworthy of weapons in their eyes.
That started under Bush I. Then reinforced under Clinton.
They don’t want the soldiers armed because they are afraid those soldiers may march against them in revolt. It is that simple.
My father (Navy) was required at times to carry a gun to work. I feel safe when I am around military men carrying guns.
After a second shooting at Fort Hood, it is reasonable to ask why the shooter again was the only one with a gun on a military base.
The cure for this anomaly is simple. If the military position held by an individual means a sidearm is issued when deployed, then it must be part of the daily working uniform while in garrison. If officers and NCO’s cannot be trusted with pistols on base, then why are they trusted with such dangerous equipment when overseas?
Gun grabbers.