Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a sweeping policy change restoring the right of U.S. service members to carry privately owned firearms on military installations for personal protection.
The announcement marks a dramatic reversal of longstanding Department of War policy that effectively stripped America’s warfighters of their Second Amendment rights the moment they stepped onto base.
On Thursday, Hegseth signed a historic memorandum that officially restores the God-given right of our nation’s warfighters to keep and bear arms for self-defense while on post.
For decades, the very men and women we train to defend our borders were forced to disarm the moment they stepped onto a U.S. military installation, leaving them sitting ducks for terrorists and deranged shooters.
Now, when an infiltrated terrorist tries to shoot up a base and kill our defenders, they can take care of business immediately!