“Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia,’” the Associated Press reported in early February. “Nassau County Democratic lawmakers argue in their complaint filed Wednesday that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman lacked the legal authority to form a cadre of special sheriff’s deputies with ‘authority to use deadly force and make arrests under color of law.’”
The objection to what they’re calling a “militia” is curious because Democrats are the ones who always scream, “It says ‘well-regulated!’” whenever some gun owner asks, “What part of ‘shall not be infringed’ don’t you understand?”
The volunteer program, intended to supplement police forces and help out in emergencies when regular first responders are overwhelmed, would require classroom instruction and practical firing range training, and “deputies would be assigned to protect government buildings, hospitals and critical infrastructure, and not be used to quell protests or patrol streets,” Blakeman counters, calling the complaint “frivolous” and defamatory to “the 26 volunteers sworn in to date, many of whom are retired military and law enforcement officers.”
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