[painter]

That sounds "Neat" and all as long as we have Presidents like a G W Bush or a Ronald Reagan,BUT a Bill Clinton with that kind of weaponry at his finger tips is frightening!

[GluteusMax]

That sounds "Neat" and all as long as we have Presidents like a G W Bush or a Ronald Reagan,BUT a Bill Clinton with that kind of weaponry at his finger tips is frightening!

Easier to cook up a 'Waco' in the future. No messy automatic weapons to shoot fleeing survivors either.

[zog]

--people sem to forget thast reality when it comes to militaries in general and 'following orders". 8 years of clinton getting orders followed. The ones uncomfortable with that notion tried to get out, so what remains is a concentration of -well, got no name for it.

Historically, no dictator has had any trouble maintaining armed forces, they will continue to remain loyal, even in the face of widespread and obvious civilian hardship. Look at north korea for an example.

Not saying 'everyone" in the military would follow any order, but just commenting most generally on militaries and past historical reality, they can be used OR abused on their own populations of civilians, and "enough" might just go along with the 'abusing" part if it came to that.