Did you forget New Orleans? The military went house to house to collect guns. The military is designed to follow orders and follow them they will. Some may not, but the majority will. This is the strength of the military. This strength could be used against the citizens.
The question I have is........the military cannot be used against civil disturbance. Right? Is this not in our Constitution?
No they didnt the LOCAL POLICE DID...and got sued over it...and LOST BIG TIME
This article is from inforwars ALEX JONES 9/11 was an inside job FREAKS...
http://www.infowars.com/us-army-to-buy-6-million-of-riot-equipment/
Dont forget...jones peddled his crap under clinton too...
My thoughts exactly.
PS - I do not think there is a Constitutionla prohibition against using the military to quell civil disturbance. It worked pretty well for them at kent State, after all.
No, it's not. In fact it's expressly in there that the militia, of which the National Guard is a small part, *can* be used to "execute the Laws of the Nation, suppress Insurrections and repel invasions". (See Art. I, section 8 "Congress shall have the Power to...".
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
This happened on orders of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). The BATFE was the coordinator of these gun confiscation missions, and took point on those missions.