I have served with deployed Guardsmen many, many, many times and I have never seen any of them given ammo while stateside.
Not once.
Their comprehension of the Fourth Amendment was somewhere between 1 or 2 out of 10. Maybe. They are usually a presence and nothing more. They do not go hands on and they sure as fugk don't arrest anybody.
So they don't qualify with live rounds..Just ask'n..
Lol
There's a big difference.
NG isn't allowed or ordered to shoot wetbacks.
NG IS allowed to shoot conservatives.
