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GOVERNOR PERRY WILL PERSONALLY BRIEF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ABOUT TO BE DEPLOYED
Breitbart ^ | August 13, 2014 | By Bob Price

Posted on 08/13/2014 11:15:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To: Kenny

When the National Guard was on the border in NM and AZ, they were allowed no ammo and were not to have contact with illegals. Most were running errands for Border Patrol and a few were driving around and in lookout towers acting as spotters for BP. If a governor calls up the guard as opposed to the state doing it, the state must pay. I imagine the governors of AZ and NM think it is a little pricey for theater.

I read an article a couple weeks ago that stated the only way the NG Perry is sending to the border could be fully armed- w/ammo and have power to detain/arrest illegals and not turn them over to feds is if the governor deputizes each one of them as Texas Rangers. Not sure if that is true but it was a reporter in Texas that wrote the article. So if he deputizes the NG as Texas Rangers then I will pay attention.


101 posted on 08/13/2014 1:53:19 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: GeronL
I assumed they would be unarmed

Previous call ups of national guard by governor Perry were armed.

More Texas National Guard Called Up to Protect U.S.-Mexico Border
http://www.nationalguard.mil/News/ArticleView/tabid/5563/Article/244/more-texas-national-guard-called-up-to-protect-us-mexico-border.aspx
January 24, 2007

The Guardsmen will form 12 armed security platoons and man traffic crossovers along the Rio Grande River. Each platoon will be accompanied by a Border Patrol agent and a local police officer, according to a release by the governor's office. The Guardsmen are issued weapons, but whether they carry them will depend on the mission, Meehan said.

102 posted on 08/13/2014 1:57:16 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: GeronL

It seems like too little too late to me.


103 posted on 08/13/2014 2:00:58 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: stevio

yes it does


104 posted on 08/13/2014 2:07:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: humblegunner; VRWC For Truth
You need to go outside once in a while for some fresh air.

I guarantee you gunner gets a hell of a lot more fresh air a week than 99% of the posters here. With me knowing the truth methinks you speak from your but a wee bit.

105 posted on 08/13/2014 2:10:24 PM PDT by Eaker (Muslim terrorists are snakes and moderate Muslims are the grass.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Some of the illegals certainly are armed. In fact more and more are armed.


106 posted on 08/13/2014 2:15:32 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: VRWC For Truth; humblegunner

Go outside?

Bwahahahaha!


107 posted on 08/13/2014 2:20:04 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Jim Robinson

I hope the NG issues ammo, and ROE. Otherwise, someone will get killed.

5.56mm


108 posted on 08/13/2014 2:21:36 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: OneWingedShark

Bingo! These troops are being sent down to the border to secure it. They’re being sent down there to be photographed.


109 posted on 08/13/2014 2:24:27 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: OneWingedShark
I think the problem is his wariness to commit to a mission that will invite perpetual expense on Texans, when it is a federal issue.

And the Texas Constitution as far as defining militia, is unconstitutional because it makes it unlawful for the citizenry to organize under arms. Texans need to start there, IMO.

110 posted on 08/13/2014 2:33:15 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: greyfoxx39
"Hmmmm...I just wonder how many of the FReeper naysayers blasting Gov. Perry on this thread are hoping (and working) for another Romney run for POTUS?"

Well, I'm not going to blast him. He's doing what he can with what he has, considering that the dung beetle currently scuttling around the White House has completely abandoned his Constitutional obligations.

111 posted on 08/13/2014 2:34:04 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Go outside?

Might be bad guys or bugs out there, I'm trying to be cautious.

112 posted on 08/13/2014 2:34:32 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Tammy8
When the National Guard was on the border in NM and AZ, they were allowed no ammo

False.

Initial reports suggested the Guardsmen were unarmed. However, Border Patrol spokesman Gustavo Soto said the teams "had rifles and ammunition from Day One."

Mixed Reports on National Guard Border Confrontation
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/02/01/mixed-reports-on-national-guard-border-confrontation/
February 01, 2007

Not all NG were armed; it depended on the assignment. Building roads and fences, not armed. Entry Identification Team, armed.

113 posted on 08/13/2014 2:37:25 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: humblegunner

That’s funny right there.


114 posted on 08/13/2014 2:38:45 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: thackney
That’s funny right there.

Bad guys and bugs are no laughing matter.

Either can spoil your dinner. True story.

Think.. what would you least like to show up at the house?

Bad guys and Bugs.. top of the list every time.

115 posted on 08/13/2014 2:45:04 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Jim Robinson

I agree Jim, all the governors should be sending armed Guards to the Southern border.


116 posted on 08/13/2014 2:49:32 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Salvavida
And the Texas Constitution as far as defining militia, is unconstitutional because it makes it unlawful for the citizenry to organize under arms. Texans need to start there, IMO.

Where do you get that? I did search over the text and the only mention of militia is the section I posted.
Furthermore, nothing in the TX BoR seems to support your claim:

Art, Sec. 23. RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.
Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.

117 posted on 08/13/2014 2:59:03 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Ray76
No ammo... that would be profoundly stupid.

Sounds to me more like a pending deployment to Fort Hood for Muslim and Queergendered tolerance training.

118 posted on 08/13/2014 3:02:42 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: thackney; OneWingedShark; GeronL; Ray76; Don Corleone; Tammy8; M Kehoe; VerySadAmerican
YEP.

Armed.

Texas Adjutant General John Nichols said troops will be armed for their safety, but when asked if their weapons would be loaded would say only that ammunition would be in magazines.

"That's about as far as I want to go because if the cartel folks understand what we can and can't do then they may take advantage of that," Nichols told The Associated Press.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3183691/posts?page=47#47>

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119 posted on 08/13/2014 3:12:18 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: OneWingedShark

Liars and cowards.


120 posted on 08/13/2014 3:12:44 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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