Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum directing military installation commanders to allow War Department personnel -- namely, uniformed service members -- to request to carry privately owned firearms while in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the US.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a new policy on Thursday to allow active servicemembers to put in a request to carry their own personal firearms with them on military installations -- proclaiming it to be a "God-given right.
-- Raw Story (@rawstory.com) Apr 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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