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I'm not sure this works how you think it works. Military members aren't prohibited from owning guns, they just have to store them and check them out to go shoot. There's been plenty of shootings on military bases with personal firearms because unless you fully search every car coming in, you won't stop someone from bringing one in.
If idiots are carrying around off duty it's more likely to cause a drunken bar shooting than a fragging incident.
Also also the memo literally says it'll let everyone "request" to carry, implying some level of commander is the one to approve it.
But if the commanders are sycophants, then only certain requests to carry are approved.
It could easily engender a situation where the commander plays favorites to create power imbalances and danger for whoever happens to be in the out group. We’ve also recently learned that Hegseth has meddled a lot with military promotions, targeting specific groups for career suppression.
So, you think allowing everyone to have a gun at all times and no longer searching wouldn't increase the likelihood of someone being able to go postal? But, that wasn't even the point of my comment. It was literally an example of what the order was NOT going to result in.
Did you not read my comment or something? Or reply to the wrong one? My comment literally pointed out that this is still approval based. That was the entire point of my comment.
And then I made the prediction that this is to build SS style grunts loyal to the cause and ensure they are the ones armed at all times.
I never said anything about stopping personal ownership either. I'm not sure where you hallucinated that part either...
My interpretation is that they will be allowed to open carry personal weapons anywhere on base. Any denial of any member's request will likely be appealable and a higher authority at the DoD will ensure that the "right people" get to open carry.
I could not find the actual memo.