I see your point on the 2nd Amendment issue. I was actually thinking about some type of possible jihadist attack on one of our cities which would necessitate such training by the Marines.
I can almost guarantee a riot the first day. At least we would be flushing out the enemy. Their uniform is a brown T shirt with Che on it carrying a Mexican flag. They will be shouting "Viva Aztlan!". The reaction to troops in Michigan would most likely be a different one. If the troops were allowed in Toledo, perhaps it would be Jackson, Sharpton, or the Black Panthers having a conniption. Didn't they have trouble with the KKK and the Panthers awhile back?
The only reason I'm posting on this is to try to take the emotion out of the topic. If we react emotionally to what is happening now, we can be hypocritical, when the shoe is on the other foot. Our laws should be designed to fit righteousness, not expediency. If US troops are good today, they should be good when they are coming after you. It was very traumatic for me in the Clinton years. I thought my country was coming apart at the seams. As far as I'm concerned, America barely survived those years. Imagine how I feel when talking heads are praising Clinton as the greatest politician of our time. He was impeached, for goodness sake! Our country was attacked more than once, and he did nothing, Saddam threw the UN inspectors out, and he did nothing, But what was important then was shooting a woman in the head because her husband was entrapped by the BATF, and then a year later, killing men, women, and children in Waco, for what,....exactly? Blowing up US warships and putting bombs in US embassies meant nothing, but murdering women and children were top priorities.
The military by itself isn't evil, but who is giving the orders, is a whole nuther kettle of fish. When I say Democrats are insane, people believe I'm just being proactive or controversial. These same people have forgotten, that they murder babies, want God removed from this country, want sodomites to have your children, believe porn is free speech, but the Bible is hate speech, and on and on. There is hardly a subject where they can even meet minimal standards of logic. They say they are as patriotic as anybody but want to LOSE ALL WARS! They don't want the US to win, ANYWHERE! How many conservatives have EVER burned the American flag? They say they are tolerant of religion, but have hissy fits if you quote a Bible verse and remove church tax exemptions if they even say you should be against abortion. All the while they go to their churches of Satan worship and dare anyone to say they can't. We now have Satan worship and witches in the military, but you can't end a prayer in the name of Jesus?
Right now, with Bush at the helm, the military would be welcome almost anywhere in America, but soon, all that will change. When you have someone who calls evil good, and good, evil, we will see what Americans feel about having the military running up and down our streets.
I just pray there will be Godly, patriotic men and women at the military helm when illegal orders are given, because they WILL be given. The trial at Nuremberg showed what can happen with the military "just following orders".