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Had not heard of being issued empty guns. Seems like said military would push back drastically because it is dead weight that makes them worse than useless in a crisis.
What IS common is to have doctrine of unloaded guns. Sometimes that is stated as having an unloaded magazine in the gun but having full mags on their body so it is a quick swap when they want to kill someone. Usually it more just means that they are told to not chamber a round (i.e. squeezing the trigger won't make it go bang but they are one quick hand motion from being ready).
Which... tends to line up with most "peace keeping" operations and behavior outside of active combat zones. It drastically reduces negligent discharges but they are like 2 seconds from being combat ready at any moment in time. It is just the gun nuts who insist that all guns need to be carried with one in the chamber at all times because they think they are going to have to quickdraw on that purple haired girl at the Starbucks at any moment.
It is meaningless and they still have more than enough bullets to make Kent State look like nap time at a preschool.
It is common, I was In the Army ( national guard). They would give us everything for a duty besides the ammo, and yes this included a time where I did security for a civilian protest. Had my m4, with empty magazines, full kit otherwise. This was about 8 years ago now.
They did the same thing for a different army unit I was in when they were deployed during Katrina.
Well, at least in LA, they had bullets https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/amid-la-protests-officials-rules-force-national-guard/story?id=122670457
So don't worry. They are just one pull of the charging handle from being able to shoot you in the head
I still trust national guard more than cops
A thug is pointing a gun at me on behalf of trump? I don't really give a fuck what color their shirt is or whether they have a punisher skull or a thin blue line flag.
They are the enemy until they actually fucking side with The People. And "Hey, they aren't actually shooting at you... yet" is not siding with The People.
FYI if you’re not sure about something then don’t make a statement of fact. That’s how disinformation is propagated.
Military are commonly deployed without ammo, as others have stated.
Considering I specifically said I wasn't aware of outright being unarmed (and most examples are from closer to 20 years ago than not) and that the doctrine in LA was exactly what I described?
So I am just going to assume you are part of the crowd coming here from the /c/conservative board losing their mind over people not properly glazing the military.
Here you go: