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dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago

Pete Hegseth signs memorandum to allow US Military members to carry privately owned firearms on US Military bases

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Pete Hegseth signs memorandum to allow US Military members to carry privately owned firearms on US Military bases

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dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago
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  • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netM
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    Love this honestly. Gonna be so much fash on fash violence you won’t even believe

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      Agreed. This is going to be amazing.

    • OptimusSubprime [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      antelope-popcorn

      I got my popcorn ready.

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    Obviously I don’t really care about our military installations being secure and all that because I hate America and our armed service, but this is fucking idiotic.

    I have a lot of friends who are veterans (anti-war vets, tbc). There’s a reason servicemen aren’t allowed to just carry guns all over the place and military installations are guarded by armed military police. Armymen (and women) are fucking psychos. When they aren’t drunk they’re strung out on coke, they have the attitude of fratboys trained to kill and worshipped by their entire country. The only thing keeping the average military base from devolving into a shooting gallery is the fact that the only people with guns on premises are on-duty MPs.

    P.S., this is one step closer to my personal wish-list: Trump passing an Executive Order guaranteeing the right of people to bear arms at work.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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      Not only that, but having to check out a gun and report why is going to stop a lot of people to shoot themselves out. Expect a significant rise of suicide inside military bases

      • fannin [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Hell yeah I hope so.

      • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Expect a significant rise of suicide inside military bases

        It’s already particularly bad at recruit training. Basically every unit has at least one person try it in the first couple of weeks.

  • DogThatWentGorp [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    God really did send these bozos to end American hegemony huh?

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      Oh yeah! I forgot a bunch of the cabinet and VP etc are all living on US bases now.

    • Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      He has revealed his plan only to a select few evangelical Christian dads in China

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    RIP to literally everyone stationed at Fort Bragg

  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Still image from Full Metal Jacket.  Private Pyle is sitting on a toilet loading a magazine while doing the "Kubrick Stare."

    • pierre_delecto [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      This scene is exactly what came to mind for me

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
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      This is my fully automatic glock with red dot, beta c mag, LED ammo count display and rainbow dash decal. There are many like it, but this one is mine!

  • culpritus [any]@hexbear.net
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    Countdown to gang gun fights on a US base? Is this on polymarket yet?

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      kelly Chekhov’s Gun

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    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      The American gang grafitti found in Iraq during the occupation is one of the most disquieting things I’ve ever read about. We really do export violence.

  • GladimirLenin [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Lol. Fuck yeah. Something extremely cool is going to happen

    • Hexamerous [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      Bring your the-doohickey to work day. Every day.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I’ve shared a few times about this. A string of unrelated murders around my barracks happened before I left. All of them were because people were drunk. There’s going to be weekly shoot outs on every base in the country. Fucking insane.

    • TheoryofChange [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      Unlimited blue on blue fire onthe Yankee terrorists

    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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      awesome!

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        I got no love for the military anymore, and depleting the empire’s capacity is good for the world. The world at the time would have benefitted if I got smoked by an IED. But forgive me for not sharing the sentiment, death and violence sucks.

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          it sucks yea but i share no sympathy towards trained murderers.

  • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    american soldiers will now have the opportunity to do some of the funniest shit ever

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    Excellent idea Mr. Secretary, let the psychos rip each other apart

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    Hell yeah, PvP zone

  • Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Do this then institute a draft.

  • JustSo [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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    Yes. Sickos stay winning. Fuck yes.

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    All this focus on individuality is definitely what you want in your military

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    Hegseth genuinely seems to believe these rules only exist because of woke and not because they were written in blood. What an idiot.

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