Bad Idea. Military is trained to kill people and break things. That is their job, not local law enforcement. Hire and train more police officers.
Northern Ireland tried that. It was a disaster. At 03:13 PM 7/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Ridge: Consider Using Military To Enforce Law Domestically > >WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Sunday that the >threat of terrorism may force government planners >to consider using the military for domestic law enforcement, now largely >prohibited by federal law. >President Bush has called on Congress to thoroughly review the law banning >the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from >participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other police >activity on U.S. soil. The Coast Guard and >National Guard troops under control of state governors are excluded from >the Reconstruction-era law, known as the >``Posse Comitatus Act.'' > >http://news.tbo.com/news/MGA83ZUSX3D.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
