NRA Board Election & CCW for Soldiers? | SOTG 1337
Student of the Gun Radio
Jarrad Markel
4.6 • 798 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
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Most service members have been denied their right to carry privately owned firearms on military bases until now. A landmark memorandum signed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth finally empowers troops to exercise their Second Amendment rights during off-duty hours, transforming military installation policies that treated soldiers like second-class citizens for decades.
In this eye-opening episode, we delve into the profound implications of this policy change. Hear the inside story of how years of bureaucratic mindset have now shifted to favor personal protection for those who voluntarily serve our nation.
We explore the deep-rooted issues of disarmament, officers' elitism, and the dangerous mentality that Army and Marine Corps troops cannot be trusted with firearms, an outdated outlook that still lingers in many ranks. Discover how the Department of Defense's internal culture has historically suppressed the individual's right to self-defense, and how the new memo aims to correct that injustice.
TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE
- Huge thanks to our Partners: EOTech | Blackout Coffee
- EOTech Talk - EOTechInc.com
- TOPIC: Ultimate Load Out www.eotechinc.com
- Coffee Corner - BlackoutCoffee.com
- TOPIC: Increase retention and recall of what you learn
- The Pizza Story: Colonel Robert K. Brown, Editor of Soldier of Fortune, and Dave Biggers
- SOTG Homeroom - SOTG University
- TOPIC: Finally… Hegseth Authorizes Service Members To Carry Firearms on Base www.shootingnewsweekly.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right. So we're doubled up here today. We're doubled up from a recording standpoint. We're |
| 0:06.2 | recording on both ends. Yes, indeed. Which ends you should record on, whichever. All of the all ends. |
| 0:15.2 | I hope you guys enjoyed your, your spring vacation, your spring break, your Easter vacation, whatever you want to call it. |
| 0:23.9 | I'm looking at the at the show notes today. |
| 0:27.4 | This happened, what, like right the week before, I guess it was the last weekend of March. |
| 0:37.3 | Because Christmas, or Christmas. |
| 0:39.8 | Easter was early this year. |
| 0:42.0 | Easter came early this year. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.6 | So, but yeah, so the, |
| 0:46.2 | the SEC war has issued a memorandum to all base commanders. |
| 0:53.0 | And oh, we're going to talk about that. Yeah, we're going to talk about that yeah we're going to talk |
| 0:56.1 | about that in case you missed it um the there's eotech as a uh they're giving it away they're giving |
| 1:03.3 | away a bunch of cool stuff we're talking about increasing your retention uh we're going to talk about |
| 1:09.9 | thinking studying physical investment, and also, |
| 1:18.5 | where's it? Aha. Addressing empty platitudes. |
| 1:24.4 | Platitudes, is that like that weird animal that lives in Australia that has like a beak and a tail and lays eggs? |
| 1:30.9 | Like, no, that's a platypus. |
| 1:33.4 | It's not a platitude. |
| 1:35.1 | But fear not because we've got lots to talk about today on your soon-to-be award-winning. |
| 1:42.8 | Speaking of awards, |
| 1:50.4 | we've got an award to talk about right after Jared reaches over and hits the button and plays that magical music. |
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