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Old 10-08-2008, 01:04 PM   #1
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I have no problem with the military helping out in a disaster on US soil as long as they leave the weapons at home.

Armed troops, performing law enforcement, is a violation of posse comitatus.

This is the part that bothers me "They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control."
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Old 10-08-2008, 01:35 PM   #2
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I have no problem with the military helping out in a disaster on US soil as long as they leave the weapons at home.

Armed troops, performing law enforcement, is a violation of posse comitatus.

This is the part that bothers me "They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control."
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The act was a response to and subsequent prohibition of the military occupation by U.S. Army troops of the former Confederates States during the ten years of Reconstruction (1867-1877) following the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865).
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Old 10-08-2008, 02:01 PM   #3
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I don't understand what you are trying to say. The use of troops lasted ten years, but the act is still in effect today.
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