The pistols and powerful rifles guard members carry are similar to those local police use across the country. Troops have been told to use their weapons only as a last resort.

Armed guard members will carry the type of weapon they are normally issued and trained on, typically M17 handguns and M4 semiautomatic rifles, similar to assault-style rifles, the Defense Department officials said. Some guard members will carry M9 pistols.

The military weapons are similar to those used by local police departments across the United States. The M4 is a standard semiautomatic rifle and has roughly the same capabilities as semiautomatic rifles used by law enforcement agencies.

Completely incorrect. NBC is clearly trying to downplay the seriousness of this. M4 rifles are not assault “style”. They are assault rifles, fullstop. The M4, and other assault rifles, are not legal for civilian use. They have full automatic or burst fire capability, depending on the specific model.

The weapons these soldiers are carrying are not AR-15s. These are not “assault weapons”. These are weapons of war. They are not for civilian hunters or shooting competitions. They are for killing human beings.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    12·
    22 hours ago

    Those jackbooted thugs are people in a military uniform holding guns and enforcing the will of a fascist leader.

    I don’t really give a fuck what they do the rest of the year. They could even watch Anime for all I care.

    How do you plan to accomplish anything with them poised against you?

    Make it clear that they are The Enemy. They don’t get a “thank you for your service” while they are beating on a civilian. Make it clear that they are with us or against us. Rather than letting them win until they decide they don’t want to anymore.

    Y’all spent so much time playing call of duty that you would be the ones telling the guard marching you into the gas chamber that it wasn’t their fault and chastising the granny who spit on them.

    For anyone buying this bullshit: Pretend it is about cops. If you speak out against cops then how are they ever going to end up on your side? So just keep crying and whining while the real heroes give the cop sexually assaulting someone in the back of a cruiser some gatorade.

    • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
      11·
      22 hours ago

      Lol, little bro you should touch grass more often. Your projection is showing and you’re making up reality. Now run along and play some video games like a good ignorant American.