MatthewVanitas
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you sure about that? I can't imagine the real US military attacking US citizens and taking their guns. I can see the national guard doing it. Then again, think of the Bonus army...
During the initial invasion of Iraq, I commented on the confiscation of weapons from Iraqis whose cars we searched, and contrasted it with America.
One LCpl spoke up: "I don't think people in America should be allowed to have guns! What it we're fighting house to house in Kansas or something and all the civilians have guns? We'd get shot at."
No exaggeration, that's what the kid said.
Don't forget that the US military is virulently anti gun. One could easily assume Sarah Brady was in charge of issuing weapons, magazines and ammunition.
There are a decent scattering of gunfolk in the military, but even in Marine Corps combat units, there are plenty of antis, and the majority are fence-sitters.
Our Battalion Armorer firmly believed that civilians shouldn't own any guns, and was very displeased when I gave donated civilian gun catalogs and magazines to his section during our deployment.
His rationale: "I great up in the barrio in L.A. County, I've seen what guns can do."
Seeing as how we were in a combat unit in-country, that struck me as one of the more absurd (but by no means the most absurd) things I heard on that deployment.
-MV