Thin Black Line
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Wow.....anyone got the Hill bill number on this one?:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2278389
I'd love to have tape of that meeting.
So what does this have to do with guns? Anyone recall the "shot heard
around the world" and a past attempt to control State Militias? I mean
that's all I heard during the Clinton years was that the National Guard was
the only legitimate "State Militia"
We certainly can NOT let a temporary Executive bypass our State governors
and control our State Militias. That would be UN-Consitutional!
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2278389
CHARLESTON, S.C. Aug 5, 2006 (AP)— The nation's governors are closing ranks in opposition to a proposal in Congress that would let the president take control of the National Guard in emergencies without consent of governors.
The idea, spurred by the destruction and chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina's landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, is part of a House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act. It has not yet been agreed to by the Senate.
The measure would remove the currently required consent of governors for the federalization of the Guard, which is shared between the individual states and the federal government.
"Federalization just for the sake of federalization makes no sense," said Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana, a Democrat who had rough relations with the Bush administration after the disaster last year. "You don't need federalization to get federal troops. … Just making quick decisions can make things happen."
Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, a Republican, said "a whole bunch of governors" were opposed to the idea after the proposed change was brought up in a private lunch meeting.
I'd love to have tape of that meeting.
So what does this have to do with guns? Anyone recall the "shot heard
around the world" and a past attempt to control State Militias? I mean
that's all I heard during the Clinton years was that the National Guard was
the only legitimate "State Militia"
We certainly can NOT let a temporary Executive bypass our State governors
and control our State Militias. That would be UN-Consitutional!