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  • Posted by LionelHutz 10 years, 10 months ago
    The guard may be using this to identify and purge members that will not obey orders to disarm citizens. What's really interesting to me is their scenario was about securing a location containing chemical/biological weapons. You can keep that scenario intact without mentioning the fictional enemy has a pro 2nd amendment belief. So...why mention it?
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 10 months ago
    There is logic in the placement of the amendments. Free speech, assembly, religion comes first. The force to protect those from a tyrannical government comes next. Very logical.
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  • Posted by mminnick 10 years, 10 months ago
    Don't support the 2nd amendment and you are a slave. You will have nothing to protest yourself, your family and your freedom. there is a reason that the 2nd amendment is there. It is so the people have the means to protest themselves from a tyrannical government. the founders had just finished a war for independence from what they considered a tyrannical government. They were not about to allow another to appear in their midst.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 10 months ago
      but what did you think about the Ohio NG conducting an exercise that portrays 2nd amendment supporters as internal terrorists that would chemically attack a school full of children?
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      • Posted by mminnick 10 years, 10 months ago
        My thoughts on that are not printable. The Ohio NG that has that for a scenario should have it CO and training officer removed. They are supposed to use true live situations and not totally fabricated one. Also if they are acting in the United States we have either Martial Law declared in Ohio and the NG under federal auspices or the Governor has called them out to control a natural disaster or civil unrest. In any of these situations, 2nd amendment supports would be an asset not a threat/target.
        I will not comment further, It really pisses me off when crap like this happens. It tarnishes the reputation of the Guard needlessly.
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        • Posted by gonzo309 10 years, 10 months ago
          The important thing is what would they do in a real scenario. I would rather that they put down they're arms after the government miscalculates and sends them in. They receive pay for these exercises so I wouldn't bite the hand that feeds me just yet. Besides, the training and access they get can just as well be used against their superiors when asked to turn on their innocent neighbors. If you haven't seen Red Dawn, original or remake, I'd suggest seeing it.

          These exercises could also be meant to weed out those that won't fire on their own, a test, in other words. Look at what's happening in the upper levels of the military. Generals are dropping like flies.
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          • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago
            The idea of a "well-regulated militia, necessary to the security of a free State" was that the State militias would belong to each State, and an unwillingness of militiamen to oppress one's neighbor, or turn one's neighborhood into a battle zone, would act as a check on oppression.
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            • Posted by gonzo309 10 years, 10 months ago
              As opposed to the National Guard which could be nationalized. Don't forget there are foreign troops in the US (50.000+ Russian troops in Colorado) conducting joint exercises. There is also 30,000 Chinese just over the border in Mexico. Wonder what they are doing?
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        • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago
          Were I elected governor, the "National Guard" would be disbanded, and its assets assigned to the Oklahoma State Militia.
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