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He Wants Blood: Warfighters, Not Crimefighters

Armed troops. Combat pistols. A federal order loosening open-carry enforcement. The danger isn’t coming — it’s here.

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Aug 24, 2025
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The Gist: The National Guard is deployed in D.C. carrying combat-ready M17 pistols with unknown ammunition. At the same time, federal prosecutors have eased enforcement on open-carry restrictions, creating the conditions for flashpoints between armed troops and potentially armed citizens.

The danger isn’t coming — it’s here.

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M17 combat pistols. WTHAF?

The National Guard is carrying sidearms designed for warfighting, not policing. We still don’t know which rounds they’ve been issued — full‑metal jacket or hollow‑point — but either way, the lethality on the streets has changed.

If you were waiting for a warning sign, we’re past that.

The warnings are over. The danger is here.

The danger isn’t coming — it’s here.

This is the country we live in now.

If you’ve been wondering when the moment came — the point where autocrac…

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