That's mainly due to the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits using the
military for domestic law enforcement.
The soldiers deployed to America's airports after 9/11/2001 came from
the National Guard. The governor of the state *can* use the National
Guard in that manner.
I was on airport duty at RDU airport until mid-September 2003 (when the
30th BCT mobilized for Iraq).
On 5/2/2017 16:55, Gonz wrote:
That was the thing that I found most distinct about European airports,
there were military guys walking around with automatic weapons like
this everywhere. I've never seen that in the US.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote:
There were heavily armed military personnel all over Paris when we were
there, in early April. Shortly after we returned, a terrorist shot a
policeman on the Champs-Élysées, wounding a woman tourist.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote:
That looks like the SBR that the israeli security forces carry.
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]>
wrote:
There was a lot of security around the Île de la Cité
https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-
pesos/2017/5/2/the-last-time-i-saw-paris
K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom
Comments are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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