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"Pentagon expands firearm access for off-duty military members on base" (www.militarytimes.com)
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For a brief moment I forgot how fucked we are...

I just assumed it was letting people on base housing have their guns instead of locking them up in base armory...

Nope:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday signed a directive allowing service members to request permission to carry privately owned firearms on military installations while off duty, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Dude is completely out of touch with the military if he thinks out of uniform carry isn't going end in friendly fire on US soil.

Some hot head is going to whip out a piece at the base bowling alley, I guarantee it.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

There's gonna be a shit ton more...

Loads of people illegally keep guns on base housing, and carry on base.

But some of the ones that would commit gun crimes on base in the heat of a hypothetical moment, weren't willing to constantly break the rules by having a gun...

Now that it's not breaking the rules, lots of them will start. And some of them won't be able to restrain themselves.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Maybe that's the point. They're still looking for that false flag they never got in Minnesota.