Originally Posted by
Chris2303
Why use Police?
Just use the military with loaded firearms
Yes. Let's use the military with loaded firearms. That's step one. Once that's been done how easy do you think it will be to use them again for something less important, then again, then they'll eventually be brought in to shoot people who are participating in peaceful demonstrations.
The reason we don't use the military is because the role of Police in a civil society is to serve and protect the community, the role of the military is to protect the society from its enemies. When you use the military as Police, as has been demonstrated all through history, the enemies of the state tend to become the citizens.