[Nebr FAL owner]

You are free to disagree but I notice that you do not address the main point that I made & that is that the local leo’s whether you call them police or sheriffs or town marshals are an entirely different breed of cat than the military & that they have entirely different duties/responsibilities.

The local leo’s are charged with the keeping of civil order & the “peace” & that the military is charged with the killing of the enemies of the STATE(nation) & breaking their stuff & when you either militarize the police or make the military do police work the result is the CITIZENRY end up being VIEWED as the ENEMIES OF THE STATE.

[Alberta's Child]

I agree with that part of your post. My point is that history will show that there's really no big difference between "local law enforcement" and "the military" when it comes to trampling on the rights of the citizenry.

In fact, one of the defining characteristics of most other countries -- including modern European nations and Third World dumps -- is that the police and the military are pretty much the same.