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3. There's nothing "archaic" about organized neighborhood-level emergency response

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:10 PM

Jan 2013

and coordination with law enforcement and disaster services.

I'm glad that warfare and law enforcement have become professionalized, but I don't think that means civilians need to have a "leave everything to them" mindset, particularly about disaster response.

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You know, we do have a militia, and we don't do anything with it [View all] Recursion Jan 2013 OP

Good. Let's start with all those over 45 years of age turning in their guns. Hoyt Jan 2013 #1

We don't do anything with it because we have the National Guard and reserves. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #2

There's nothing "archaic" about organized neighborhood-level emergency response Recursion Jan 2013 #3

We also have police departments, fire departments, EMTs, and again the aforementioned National Guard Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #5

It probably varies by state, but in CA the definition is petronius Jan 2013 #4

I think we should and dismantle the Army for the most part and scale back the Marines. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #6