Tom Simpson
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🚨 BREAKING: Pete Hegseth just ENDED the insane policy that left U.S. troops effectively disarmed on military bases.
About damn time. 🇺🇸
The men and women trusted to defend America were being denied the right to defend themselves on base.
Hegseth says that changes NOW.
After incidents like Fort Stewart, Holloman Air Force Base, and Pensacola Naval Air Station, the old rule looked even more reckless.
When danger hits, minutes matter.
And our warfighters already have the training and courage to respond.
Before this, getting permission to carry or store a personal firearm on base was nearly impossible.
In plain English?
Many U.S. military installations had been turned into gun-free zones.
Unless you were training or military police, you couldn’t carry.
You couldn’t even bring your own firearm onto post for personal protection.
That’s over.
Hegseth just signed a memo directing commanders to treat personal-protection firearm requests with the presumption that they should be approved.
And if they deny one, they now have to put it in writing and explain exactly why.
Not all enemies are foreign.
Not all threats stay outside our borders.
This should’ve never been controversial in the first place.
Should service members be allowed to carry for personal protection on base?
A. Yes, absolutely
B. Yes, with rules
C. Only in some cases
D. No
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