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Old 02-18-2015, 05:09 PM   #53
MCSarge
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Originally Posted by Denis View Post
why are military and law enforcement not carrying with one in the chamber? Im Navy, and when I stand watch at the gate my weapon is always carried condition 1.
Years ago that was the standard practice for the Military at least when I was in the Marines. It wasn't until Beirut in the 80's were all the guards at the gate had empty chambers and a lot of Marines died that they finally decided that maybe that wasn't such a good policy after all.
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