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Deuxcents

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3. Having the National Guard in your neighborhood during a natural disaster is one thing,
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 06:20 PM
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Having them in your neighborhood to enforce illegal orders is quite another. Yes, they are our neighbors and we may even work beside them but they took an oath and when in uniform, they are deployed to protect and help us. They are not a police force or an agency to cause harm. I am not military but I do know they have a right to refuse unlawful orders and the superiors should be held the standards our Constitution has granted..the oath is to the constitution, not a person.

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