Ah just a point of order about the National Guard, it is a dual agency sometimes federal sometimes state.
The US Military cannot act in any Law Enforcement capacity due to Posse Comitatus
I know that it is common knowledge around here that the National Guard confiscated weapons after Katrina, but could you post a story or link from a reputable source backing this up.
The US Military cannot act in any Law Enforcement capacity due to Posse Comitatus
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 16, 1878 after the end of Reconstruction. The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (the Army, Air Force, and State National Guard forces when such are called into federal service) from exercising nominally state law enforcement police or peace officer powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property (states, their counties and municipal divisions) in the former Confederate states.
The statute generally prohibits federal military personnel and units of the United States National Guard under federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress.
I know that it is common knowledge around here that the National Guard confiscated weapons after Katrina, but could you post a story or link from a reputable source backing this up.