Just wondering. Did Marines in past such parades routinely carry functional weapons and live ammunition? Somehow I doubt it.
My understanding is that live ammo is carefully controlled in the military and always has been. A significant contributor in the Ft. Hood massacre, which was essentially in a gun-free zone.
-—as was pointed out in a previous post on this, it’s SOP and has been for years-—
Just wondering. Did Marines in past such parades routinely carry functional weapons...
I was in the Army, and the answer is yes. No, we were not issued ammo during parades. So, why do you think the president is worried?
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Can’t speak for the Marine Corp [don’t want my head chewed off!]... But, if you were ever in the military and “marched on parade” OF COURSE your weapon was not loaded. No ammo. Remove the firing mechanism? That’s a new one on me. Maybe it’s part of Don’t-Ass-Don’t-Tell. Or, maybe it’s just that things have changed that much in the past 40 years. I remember an M-14 that I believe was full functional... save the ammo. Of course, I can’t remember what I had for lunch last Friday.
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is still Ameriphobic.
Certainly ammo is severely restricted in the Military, but it is easily purchased off base.
That is if someone wanted to get it.
A Marine friend once guarded Spiro Agnew’s hotel room door in Hawaii with a 45 and no magazine.