Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is recruiting “special deputies” to deploy during disaster or unrest. Opponents say the move is dangerous.

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    5 months ago

    militias also had a duty to support people in emergencies, but people don’t like to talk about the bill of rights containing duties to one’s neighbors. Militias are almost a socialist concept.

    Realistically these people have more in common with Al Quaeda than some kind of 1780s ideal of social solidarity.