Do you really want a military presence at the border or anywhere in the USA?

Its bad enough that they are allowing military technologies to be used to 'patrol the border'.

Besides this there is a department that was set up to tend to the borders of these United States. We do not need a military presence down there, what we need is for that department to do its job.

National Guard is not against drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. That is not the purpose of the National Guard. If we suddenly change the laws to allow them to be, we suddenly open the door for the National Guard to be used to keep civilians in check. You do not want the military guarding civilians and acting like the police, do you?




Not too long ago people took it seriously when a person took a picture of someone and shot it up. Be it the president of These United States or some common man off the streets.

Over the course of the past 30 years this has changed significantly, today people see it as a 'freedom of speech' sort of thing and get all bent out of shape when they are told that it is wrong and 'sick'.

The Secret Service takes such things seriously because it could be the first or second step toward a real attempt on the president's life.

Also remember that not too long ago a real attempt was made:

Assassination charges
The incident follows the case of an Idaho man accused of firing shots at the White House. On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to assassinate President Barack Obama.

From your first link.

They most likely are uncertain that that man acted alone. Further, criminal psychology demonstrates that in such situations a single attempt to do something can spawn copy-cats who attempt (and succeed in many instances) the same 'crime'.