Owning a gun can influence your outlook, both fueling a sense of danger in the world around you and holding out the promise of rescuing you from those fears.
I imagine they don’t want people telling them what to do, which is hilarious given, you know, chain of command.
I will say that I’ve met very few actual ex-military personnel who truck with any of this Oathekeepers, III’ers, etc. bullshit. I still remember how kitted out the insurrectionists were on January 6th, looking like they’d purchased half of a Cabela’s on the way to DC.
Given the advantages of actual training, you’d think the nutjobs would be 100% in favour of actual drilling and training as well.
I was happy to trade occupations from soldier to student. Birkenstocks are way less hazardous than an m16a3/c7, even on my nasty feet.
I imagine they don’t want people telling them what to do, which is hilarious given, you know, chain of command.
I will say that I’ve met very few actual ex-military personnel who truck with any of this Oathekeepers, III’ers, etc. bullshit. I still remember how kitted out the insurrectionists were on January 6th, looking like they’d purchased half of a Cabela’s on the way to DC.