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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre the National Guard protecting DC armed?
I haven't seen guns in the pictures I've seen of them, and there was a lot of talk in the past week or so that such forces may or may not be armed.
I'm very much hoping they are armed for this weekend and up through Biden's inauguration.
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Are the National Guard protecting DC armed? (Original Post)
coti
Jan 2021
OP
Think about activating and arming this guy or his pals. He can't be the only one.
keithbvadu2
Jan 2021
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)1. They are armed. They were sleeping with their rifles
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)2. They have automatic weapons.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. Yes with real bullets
Not rubber
Closer to the Capitol, the bigger the weapon.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)5. I saw an article earlier this evening about
National Guard troops and it listed which states were sending troops to D.C. I can't find it now, but it did say in the article that troops are authorized to shoot to kill. I don't know if they'll all be armed, though they should be.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)6. News reports saying yes troops are armed with guns, bullets. nt
coti
(4,612 posts)7. This is reassuring. nt
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)8. Are they armed? . . . . Yes. To the teeth!
Lotsa bullets.
PirateRo
(933 posts)9. Even the arms have arms
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)10. Locked and loaded, as the gun fetishists like to say. . . . nt
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)11. Armed, and authorized to use deadly force.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)12. Think about activating and arming this guy or his pals. He can't be the only one.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142672000
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