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Originally Posted by catswiththum
Perhaps you could call them and ask them - a rather callous opening to inject an anti NRA message that has no bearing on the military.
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Having lived for several years right on the East German border in Fulda, Germany in the midst of the Cold War, I know that US soldiers on patrol on the East German border didn't have loaded weapons. Their ammo was in a sealed box in their vehicles and if the seal was ever broken, they'd have hell to pay. Dod knew full well that it is a decidedly bad idea to give the discretion to start a shooting war to 18-20 year old enlisted men.