Now this is just damned silly.
Remember a couple weeks ago how Obama got re-inaugurated? Lots of expensive pomp and ceremony for what should have been a two-minute process. Part of that was a parade. Part of the parade were a bunch of Marines in full dress uniform. And part of their uniform is the M-1 Garand semi-automatic rifle. While it’s seriously obsolete, it’s still a classy weapon, and actually much better suited for this sort of thing than the M-16 due to its size, heft and clean lines. Here’s a video of this part of the parade:
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Here’s a screenshot:
Notice anything out of the ordinary? Probably not at this resolution. Here, try this:
And this:
The bolts have been removed from these rifles.
Ummmm…. why? Who was afraid that the Marines were going to turn out to be the Joker’s gang and were going to try to cap the President?
On January 13, these same Marines (along with USAF and, I think, Army) were video’ed practicing for the parade:
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The resolution isn’t as good, but it sure looks like at that time their weapons weren’t… neutered.
The rifles were not disabled for the 2009 inauguration:
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