I call BS on that too. A Marine with “No rounds in the chamber”? That does not happen ever.
(Marine with “No rounds in the chamber”? That does not happen ever.)
It is BS. The Ohio National Guard at Kent State were allowed live ammo and fixed bayonets. Why can’t these Marines?
It certainly happened in Beirut prior to the 1983 bombing; there had been too many accidental discharges, and the word came down that the weapons were to be unloaded.
The one Marine standing guard who did manage to get a few shots off at the speeding truck had to take the time to load the magazine into the rifle before he could fire.