Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases.
“Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on social platform X.
Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders to permit requests from service members to carry personal firearms on base “for personal protection.”
What could go wrong?
MoveMitchGetOutDaWay on
This will not end well. Whether it be suicide, fratricide, or matricide, this will not play out like he thinks it will.
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ETA: Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders to permit requests from service members to carry personal firearms on base “for personal protection.”
If it’s a closed/restricted base, who the fuck do they need protection from? Their fellow brothers/sisters in arms? Like Whiskey Tango actual Foxtrot, Over?!?
unkyduck on
Let’s do a quick cost-benefit analysis.
Benefits: Anybody ? Anybody ?
army2693 on
Having been in the military, I’ve NEVER seen a service member who would pull a gun on another person. NOT! The first weekend this is allowed, people will get shot.
indorian on
Oh good grief this will create a nightmare. He really doesn’t understand any of this…
maybe-an-ai on
This sounds like a Chesterton’s Fence object lesson.
Lostsailor73 on
Weirdo
ProudMtns on
Hasn’t there been multiple mass murders on bases in recent years? There’s probably a reason that this was in place. There’s a reason the military or Leo’s don’t carry personal firearms for a reason. Full stop. See ice. I’m also assuming there’s a very nefarious reason this is being pushed aside.
Gwyllithar on
Yeah…there is a reason these rules were put in place.
also, what do military personal, on secure bases, need protection from?
Ok_Speech_3709 on
….And the murder and suicide rates on bases increased from that moment on.
minnesotaupnorth on
*Ft. Hood has entered the chat.*
nono3722 on
well if your going to stage an armed coup, you make sure your military loyalist are armed before the rest of the military gets the warning…… duh
welcome to the midterms
sumgaijusthere4civ on
Hopefully to defend themselves from Pete Hegseth
fxkatt on
>*The secretary added that these requests can be denied, but that the “presumption is service members will be able to have their Second Amendment right on post.”*
Not good for the wives and children in military families (past records of violence and murders back this up)
monkeyshinez on
Calling it now. There’s going to be an attempted military coup.
HousingOk6362 on
So this MFer is trying to tell us that our soldiers are not safe on military bases in the US ?
Ex-maven on
Any bets that Kegseth will ban servicemembers from carrying firearms on any base where he and/or Dear Leader are visiting? …in case someone experiences an intrusive thought
Paqza on
This is a terrible fucking idea.
kerkula on
What could possibly go wrong?
AlsoCommiePuddin on
Why?
nolongerbanned99 on
How long before someone gets drunk and upset and shoots someone
Zerobeastly on
These are the decisions that someone would make if they wanted to cause discourse and destruction from the inside out.
supercali45 on
putting a Fox News piece of shit in charge.. fuck all the Republicans for allowing this
DIYPeace on
Wow. What a horrible decision and the risk that poses for MPs…
CrimsonHeretic on
All Republicans are fascist domestic terrorists.
MaybeSaul on
Pete should go visit some bases once this lifts. Check out how it’s going.
SemichiSam on
Has anyone asked an MP what they think of this?
sortinousn on
I once had a marine (he was drunk) pull a gun on me while I was picking up some food that was delivered. The base was a naval hospital so I assume he was there because he either got injured during deployment or was being treated (I was just a sailor stationed there). Anyways this random fucking guy had a gun dug in to my back, he had me drop my food, told me to turn around and had me get in the elevator. He then drunkenly smiled at me and told me to have a nice night.
On military bases you have a lot of mentally unstable soldiers mixed with PTSD and other service related issues combined with LOTS OF ALCOHOL.
Someone is going to get fucking killed by this idiotic decision.
Ralewing on
Jesus wept.
DrRealName on
Well this is going to end very badly. All I will say to the non magas in the military, is make sure you are armed because those neo nazis are mostly likely being given a green light to go after you.
EngagedInConvexation on
Gonna be a lot of base-model Chargers and Camaros flooding the used market through estate sales.
apoca1ypse12 on
what the fuck is this piece of shit trying to do?
TellTaleTimeLord on
They want Americans to die
It is quite literally the goal
Still_Opportunity_10 on
Dipshit move. Not surprised at all.
Plappedudel on
Does anyone remember the Fort Hood shooting? That was a terrible tragedy. I’m fairly sure this policy will lead to similar events happening a lot more often. I have no idea how this is supposed to do anything apart from increasing the rate of shootings.
DeadSuperHero on
Speaking as a vet, the sheer amount of dumb shit that happens on base, that could potentially kill people, is already high. More often than not, the root cause is neglect towards following basic safety procedures.
Carrying personal firearms is just going to make everything worse. It’s bad enough when someone in your unit gets a DUI, imagine what this will be like.
MEOWS_R_RAD on
He and Stephen Miller both live on bases.
Just saying
Odd-Independent-3858 on
Your country is a fucking gong show.
justbunnies on
He really wakes up every day and decides to do the stupidest things.
obolobolobo on
It never ceases to amaze me, that sentence. Hegseth is far from the first to use it. ‘The god given right to carry a gun.’ God was invented fourteen hundred years before guns.
At a push you could claim a god given right to carry a spear. Or a slingshot.
Biblically there’s probably a god given right to walk your ox around a military base.
Zargoza1 on
Wow.
I’m sure there is no good reason that’s been a military regulation forever.
Or it’s woke. Or something.
I’m sure Hegseth is just smarter or tougher or both than all the woke military people that have been following that rule forever.
/s
Sarcasm over, that dude must have a half inch wiener to be constantly trying to prove something.
Anal-buttsex on
I sure hope they’re drinking responsibly when they carry. 😄
JakepointO on
We’re about to see some shootings on bases.
fuckswitbeavers on
How ironic. All of trumps loser admin are hiding out on military bases. And now they loosen firearm control? Ha
Pithecanthropus88 on
He is the second stupidest person in the Trump administration.
IlikeJG on
Jesus Christ this is some sort of bizarro land.
chriskot123 on
What. In. The. Fuck. Do. They. Need. Personal. Protection. From. On. A. Military. Base.
pomders on
One of my closest friends, an officer, a man who I have high esteem for while he’s sober, plays with his fucking gun when drunk.
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From the article:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases.
“Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on social platform X.
Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders to permit requests from service members to carry personal firearms on base “for personal protection.”
What could go wrong?
This will not end well. Whether it be suicide, fratricide, or matricide, this will not play out like he thinks it will.
>
ETA: Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders to permit requests from service members to carry personal firearms on base “for personal protection.”
If it’s a closed/restricted base, who the fuck do they need protection from? Their fellow brothers/sisters in arms? Like Whiskey Tango actual Foxtrot, Over?!?
Let’s do a quick cost-benefit analysis.
Benefits: Anybody ? Anybody ?
Having been in the military, I’ve NEVER seen a service member who would pull a gun on another person. NOT! The first weekend this is allowed, people will get shot.
Oh good grief this will create a nightmare. He really doesn’t understand any of this…
This sounds like a Chesterton’s Fence object lesson.
Weirdo
Hasn’t there been multiple mass murders on bases in recent years? There’s probably a reason that this was in place. There’s a reason the military or Leo’s don’t carry personal firearms for a reason. Full stop. See ice. I’m also assuming there’s a very nefarious reason this is being pushed aside.
Yeah…there is a reason these rules were put in place.
also, what do military personal, on secure bases, need protection from?
….And the murder and suicide rates on bases increased from that moment on.
*Ft. Hood has entered the chat.*
well if your going to stage an armed coup, you make sure your military loyalist are armed before the rest of the military gets the warning…… duh
welcome to the midterms
Hopefully to defend themselves from Pete Hegseth
>*The secretary added that these requests can be denied, but that the “presumption is service members will be able to have their Second Amendment right on post.”*
Not good for the wives and children in military families (past records of violence and murders back this up)
Calling it now. There’s going to be an attempted military coup.
So this MFer is trying to tell us that our soldiers are not safe on military bases in the US ?
Any bets that Kegseth will ban servicemembers from carrying firearms on any base where he and/or Dear Leader are visiting? …in case someone experiences an intrusive thought
This is a terrible fucking idea.
What could possibly go wrong?
Why?
How long before someone gets drunk and upset and shoots someone
These are the decisions that someone would make if they wanted to cause discourse and destruction from the inside out.
putting a Fox News piece of shit in charge.. fuck all the Republicans for allowing this
Wow. What a horrible decision and the risk that poses for MPs…
All Republicans are fascist domestic terrorists.
Pete should go visit some bases once this lifts. Check out how it’s going.
Has anyone asked an MP what they think of this?
I once had a marine (he was drunk) pull a gun on me while I was picking up some food that was delivered. The base was a naval hospital so I assume he was there because he either got injured during deployment or was being treated (I was just a sailor stationed there). Anyways this random fucking guy had a gun dug in to my back, he had me drop my food, told me to turn around and had me get in the elevator. He then drunkenly smiled at me and told me to have a nice night.
On military bases you have a lot of mentally unstable soldiers mixed with PTSD and other service related issues combined with LOTS OF ALCOHOL.
Someone is going to get fucking killed by this idiotic decision.
Jesus wept.
Well this is going to end very badly. All I will say to the non magas in the military, is make sure you are armed because those neo nazis are mostly likely being given a green light to go after you.
Gonna be a lot of base-model Chargers and Camaros flooding the used market through estate sales.
what the fuck is this piece of shit trying to do?
They want Americans to die
It is quite literally the goal
Dipshit move. Not surprised at all.
Does anyone remember the Fort Hood shooting? That was a terrible tragedy. I’m fairly sure this policy will lead to similar events happening a lot more often. I have no idea how this is supposed to do anything apart from increasing the rate of shootings.
Speaking as a vet, the sheer amount of dumb shit that happens on base, that could potentially kill people, is already high. More often than not, the root cause is neglect towards following basic safety procedures.
Carrying personal firearms is just going to make everything worse. It’s bad enough when someone in your unit gets a DUI, imagine what this will be like.
He and Stephen Miller both live on bases.
Just saying
Your country is a fucking gong show.
He really wakes up every day and decides to do the stupidest things.
It never ceases to amaze me, that sentence. Hegseth is far from the first to use it. ‘The god given right to carry a gun.’ God was invented fourteen hundred years before guns.
At a push you could claim a god given right to carry a spear. Or a slingshot.
Biblically there’s probably a god given right to walk your ox around a military base.
Wow.
I’m sure there is no good reason that’s been a military regulation forever.
Or it’s woke. Or something.
I’m sure Hegseth is just smarter or tougher or both than all the woke military people that have been following that rule forever.
/s
Sarcasm over, that dude must have a half inch wiener to be constantly trying to prove something.
I sure hope they’re drinking responsibly when they carry. 😄
We’re about to see some shootings on bases.
How ironic. All of trumps loser admin are hiding out on military bases. And now they loosen firearm control? Ha
He is the second stupidest person in the Trump administration.
Jesus Christ this is some sort of bizarro land.
What. In. The. Fuck. Do. They. Need. Personal. Protection. From. On. A. Military. Base.
One of my closest friends, an officer, a man who I have high esteem for while he’s sober, plays with his fucking gun when drunk.
This will not end well.