[Porkchop]

*** "...UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY TO REPEL AN ACTIVE, ARMED ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES..."

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From Philly in 2008..



Active.....check
Armed.....check (at least with clubs and sticks)
Enemy.....Hmmmm (Black Panthers)

Seems like the precedent has already been set.


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[thinden]

Yup. There’s a lot of armed domestic enemies operating here now

[Z28.310]

Notice the shorter of the two? The right side of his jacket is hanging very low. Indicates a heavy object in a pocket on that side, which is probably not a library book.

[KittenClaws]

From Philly in 2008..

Active.....check
Armed.....check (at least with clubs and sticks)
Enemy.....Hmmmm (Black Panthers)

Seems like the precedent has already been set.

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From the replies I have received, it seems that some did not get the nuance intended by the sentence I capitalized. As in ArMED ENEMY

Of course he can deploy the military.