Posted on 10/22/2002 7:58:47 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Arm the people. That is the answer, not only for the current environment, but for crime in general. The founders of this great Republic knew this, and they enumerated it in clear language in our constitution.
Use surplus M-14's or M-1's for long guns and .45's or 9mm's for sidearms and issue comm gear to all particpants Have the local sheriff's review those who volunteer and insure they are U.S. Citizens, have no violent criminal background, and are males between the ages of 18 and 50.
Deputize them.
Give them a three to five day crash course in rifle shooting and communications put on by volunteer former NCO's. Marine or Special Forces. Make update teraining mandatory every six months.
Have the Sheriff set up sentries (two to a location), perimeter patrols close to suspected targets (inner and outer ring) and close to local infrastructure to be protected from terrorists and also set up roving patrols in the community.
Have the comm procedure be to the local Sheriff who works with local FLEO's, from there to the National Guard at the state level for the Sheriff and to regional command for the FLEO's, and from there to Homeland Security at the National level who simply coordinates and calls in Federal forces if necessary.
Make the program voluntary but let those who complete training and six months of duty (that duty consisting of 4 six hour shifts per week) keep their firearm and comm gear.
Institute immediately - nation wide.
For a paramilitary force with the imprimatur of the goobermint, I want VERY tight training requirements. Some LEOs are already grossly undertrained in critical areas, such as Constitutional rights--do we want to LOWER the overall training level out there, and invite more trouble? Don't we complain enough as it is about goobermint agents going "beyond the beyonds" and violating our rights as they do so?
You are eligible for one cent change.:~) Bad idea hombre!
You mean like all those CCW permit holders out there that are currently out running around shooting absolutely no one?
You are more likely to slip and kill yourself in your bathtub.
And guess who trained their *police snipers....*
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Well said.
Well thank you. Long live Texas! The west is the best! : )
If they want to serve, American Moslems should be deputized. American Moslems are American citizens, and thus are members of the militia.To: exodus
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You're confusing a forced agreement through international treaty with a sovereign nation making a decision.
Palestinians are not Israeli citizens.
There is no way that Israel would have armed foreign troops inside it's borders without pressure from the United States government.
Yes, Israel knows that the Palestinians are terrorists. Israel knows that the United States supports the Palestinian terrorists, too.
Blackmail has always been a very effective tool for influencing Israeli policies.
Arming the people is the principle thing. Having those armed civilians work with local Sheriff's has already proven its worth countless times in this Republic. It can ... indeed IMHO, it should ... again.
Regards.
That was the case of the FBI agent ordered by FBI Director Mueller not to testify to congress about the FBI failure that might have resulted in the arrest of the 09/11 hijacking ring, but for the Moslem agent who refused to record conversations with his fellow Moslems.
Gosh, you shoulda seen the caterwauling the LAST time somebody proposed something that more closely resembled Neighborhood Watch (TIPS). This is having armed persons, acting both under color of authority and with minimal training. Yup, GREAT idea.
Considering a lot of those who are currently nashing their teeth over the abuses against the Constitution would be among those who would volunteer, I'd say your fears of violations in that area are pretty darn small as well.
Actually, given some of the attitudes expressed on FR when now-deceased Freeper matsuidon blew his gasket in Massilon, OH this past summer, I'd say there's PLENTY to worry about. There's (a) what the Constitution actually says, and then there's (b) what somebody THINKS it says, and a for a lot of potential volunteers, there is a significant delta betwixt the two.
"Americans used to roar like lions for liberty. Now they bleat like sheep for security."
I do not know that the sniper does not have a carry permit -- I am going with the stats on people who have them -- something like .01% of all those who have been issued carry permits have committed a crime. The odds are that the mutt has not been issued a carry permit.
The odds are he is not even a US citizen.
"How do you target someone with no description?"
I don't.
But if, perchance, I do see the shooter, and I am able to return fire without endangering anyone else, I damn sure want to be able to. It is far better, IMHO, to have a weapon and not have a need to use it than to have a need to use a weapon and not having it!
If they want to serve, American Moslems should be deputized. American Moslems are American citizens, and thus are members of the militia.To: exodus
- exodus
You would rather be disarmed than allow a religious group to be armed?
Did you also support the government's murder of those "dangerous" cultists at Waco?
Of course you don't turn your back on someone you're not sure of, but that doesn't mean that you disarm them because they might not be trustworthy.
That has as much logic as President Bush's reasoning that we should attack Iraq because "we can assume" that they "might" do something against us.
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