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originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: game over man
That will help. You're right.
To fight police brutality we need soldiers.
When the soldiers get out of line we'll replace them with armed drones.
When the armed drones get out of line we'll replace them with social worker drones (note to drone industry, please begin work on this ASAP!)
originally posted by: BalderAsir
Having untrained guardsmen and reservists wouldn't work. No specific training, no consistent use of force training, no in depth knowledge of the laws.
Plus, you've got a bunch of nut jobs already calling the police the gestapo...imagine whats going to happen with the policing is done by military units....
originally posted by: paytaplay
a reply to: Stupidsecrets
What you said is on point, I am thinking that most civilians have no idea that basic training was hard to get through and have no idea what you learn. Then, after that all you do is train with gear, train to stay current and train constantly and then train some more. I would never underestimate what the capabilities of the active or non active military are.
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: game over man
That will help. You're right.
To fight police brutality we need soldiers.
When the soldiers get out of line we'll replace them with armed drones.
When the armed drones get out of line we'll replace them with social worker drones (note to drone industry, please begin work on this ASAP!)
originally posted by: BalderAsir
Having untrained guardsmen and reservists wouldn't work. No specific training, no consistent use of force training, no in depth knowledge of the laws.
Plus, you've got a bunch of nut jobs already calling the police the gestapo...imagine whats going to happen with the policing is done by military units....
originally posted by: putnam6
The police in general don't have loads of people waiting to join their ranks, a lot of them come from the military background. It is a dangerous and stressful job, you are firing cops you had better have a surplus of recruits ready to come in.
originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
originally posted by: paytaplay
a reply to: Stupidsecrets
What you said is on point, I am thinking that most civilians have no idea that basic training was hard to get through and have no idea what you learn. Then, after that all you do is train with gear, train to stay current and train constantly and then train some more. I would never underestimate what the capabilities of the active or non active military are.
What's interesting about the Guard, unlike the Police and Active duty, they have a wide range of civilian skill sets. We had electricians, plummers, engineers, lawyers, doctors, IT people, police, real estate agents...you name it we likely had someone for almost every civilian profession. The Guard was just a PT gig.
originally posted by: game over man
originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
originally posted by: paytaplay
a reply to: Stupidsecrets
What you said is on point, I am thinking that most civilians have no idea that basic training was hard to get through and have no idea what you learn. Then, after that all you do is train with gear, train to stay current and train constantly and then train some more. I would never underestimate what the capabilities of the active or non active military are.
What's interesting about the Guard, unlike the Police and Active duty, they have a wide range of civilian skill sets. We had electricians, plummers, engineers, lawyers, doctors, IT people, police, real estate agents...you name it we likely had someone for almost every civilian profession. The Guard was just a PT gig.
You and the other person get what I'm talking about. Some of the people commenting are just being flat out jerks but whatever.
National Guard has way more training than police, and if police are attacking people then National Guard should come in and defend the people from the corrupt police. Instead the opposite happens.