22 May 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[browningautorifle]

First guy on the left with his finger on the trigger, not very safe.

Unless there's nothing in the chamber? The rifle nearest has the safety off so I suspect they are all empty. It doesn't excuse poor weapons drill though.

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[Mark in Rochester]

Unless there's nothing in the chamber? The rifle nearest has the safety off so I suspect they are all empty. It doesn't excuse poor weapons drill though.

Pretty sure the chambers were not empty at Kent State



When the crowd refused to leave, the guardsmen fired tear gas at students and began following them directly. After several standoffs, the troops headed back to the top of a steep hill, where they turned toward the demonstrators and fired into the crowd for 13 seconds.

Four students were killed, and nine were wounded. The university was immediately closed, and millions of students on campuses across the country protested the incident.

Companies A and C, 1-145th Infantry and Troop G of the 2-107th Armored Cavalry, Ohio National Guard (ARNG), the units on the campus grounds, under the command of Brigadier General Robert Canterbury,

After repeatedly failing to disperse the crowd, a group of 96 National Guard troops from A Company and Company C, 145th Infantry, and Troop G, 107th Armored Cavalry, were ordered to advance. The guardsmen had their weapons "locked and loaded" (according to standard Ohio National Guard rules) and affixed with bayonets. Most carried M1 Garand rifles, with some also carrying .45 handguns, a few carrying shotguns with #7 birdshot and 00 buckshot munitions, and one officer carrying a 22 Beretta handgun