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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you want part time soldiers replacing the police in your neighborhood? [/quote]

I would be fine with it. When we were heavily engaged in "quelling" Iraq, I often wondered why we left Chigao/Baltimore etc to be war zones. Sometimes the violence in the USA reaches emergency proportions and requires emergency measures. Yes, posse comitatus applies to the military--but the National Guard doesn't fall under posse comitatus and can be called up by the civilian authority in each state, or in DC Bowser. They could certainly be used to 'back up' the police to bring the gun violence and car jackings under control. We are already dealing with a monster virus. Enough is enough.[/quote]

I think what you would be fine with, is part-time soldiers replacing the police in [b]other people's[/b] neighborhoods.[/quote]

Or PP is fine with it in neighborhoods where it is needed to quell violence, which may or may not be where he lives.[/quote]

You're assuming that

(a) this is what the National Guard would do
(b) only the National Guard could do that[/quote]

No, I am simply responding to someone's (maybe your's) post claiming someone would only want the guard to come to "other people's neighborhoods."[/quote]

I wish they'd come to mine! Tired of the car-jackings and 3 murders we had recently. Welcome checkpoints, especially on 'get-away' roads like Western Ave.  Zero issue with that - Ward 3[/quote]

As someone who lived for several months in a city guarded by the National Guard, including lots of guns, some tanks and a curfew, no you DO NOT want the National Guard in your neighborhood.  It’s terrifying and restrictive.  [/quote]

Did it prevent murders and mayhem? [/quote]

If you'd rather trade essential liberty for temporary security, North Korea is that-a-way.

Don't let the door hit ya where the lord split ya![/quote]

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