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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI’ve never been in an Inauguration, so I don’t know if it’s standard practice or not, but someone noticed that the Marines had the bolts removed from their Like TSO said, I think it’s more of an overreaction by the perpetual pants-wetters in the Secret Service than from the Administration. TSO emails that he had to remove his bolt from his weapon when the Clintons came to Tuzla while he was there. The one time I marched for a President was Gerald Ford on the Army’s 200th Birthday at Fort Benning and we had bolts in our M16s, so it’s been a long while for me to chime in with any experience on the subject.<\/p>\n I’m only mentioning this so you guys will stop emailing me about it. Others think there’s more to it, like our pals Gateway Pundit<\/a> and Bob Owens<\/a>, but I think I’ll wait to pass judgement until someone comes up pictures of the Marines with bolts in their M14s<\/del> M1s during the Inauguration a few weeks ago – like in the picture above. See how the operating rod handle is forward? If there was a bolt in the rifle with that forward, you’d see the bolt in the ejection port.<\/p>\nM14s<\/del> M1s at the Bush Inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"