While I can understand people wanting security this is police state level stuff we are slipping into. This is how it is in third world countries with armed soldiers hanging about. Just hire enough police to handle things. Sometimes I think the left wants the military involved because they can be controlled at the Federal level instead of locally.
I agree with you, putting the national guard in cities makes me very uncomfortable, it’s hard to digest, but this type of thing is a planned disaster, gut the police force, refuse to prosecute violent criminals, and you get anarchy in the streets, as a last resort call in the national guard and a lot people will welcome it until they realize the armed soldiers are there to control them not the criminals.