And what does the Peace Corpse have to do with national security, again...tell me
The Peace Corps (not the dead guy) helps with National Security by providing the US a sanctioned force of trained personnel to engage the civilian populace of any given level via "grass roots" presence and goodwill.
The difference being that the military goes armed and ready to do its job when it deploys to even a disaster zone. the PC however, is unarmed and much less of a threat to a foreign countries powers that be, while providing *again* SANCTIONED presence by a state agency.
In essence it allows us to put boots on the ground without stepping on some overgrown dictator's <expletive>.
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As an example of "Lawn Security:"
Situation: Neighbor's dog is digging holes in my lovely flowers.
Mission: Stop said Dog from digging holes in my lovely flowers.
Execution 1: Buy shotgun, shoot dog when next spotted.
Execution 2: Go to neighbor and tell him "dude, your dog has been diggin holes in my yard, could you kindly not let him do that."
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Where the Military is the continuation of politics via non-diplomatic means, the PC is still well within diplomatic means.
I have some mad respect for the Peace Corps. And this is coming from a military guy. I frankly don't know where this brown shirt crap came from, but well ... I don't know where half the fabrication on TV networks and radio shows comes from.
That being said there is an ongoing fight to erode the right to be armed in this country.
While no one single law, or no one single circumstance will ever "take away" our guns, a continuing barrage of minor infringements does continue to erode the right for people to carry a firearm. (Notice the distinction, a *firearm* because I can oddly go armed with a Baton wherever I please.)
The devil of disarming the US is in the details, not the broad strokes.