# National Guard as a long-term armed adjunct to law enforcement **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159 "2025-08-17T15:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/41 "2025-08-19T21:43:15Z")
> # GOP states pour National Guard troops into D.C. as Trump tightens control > > _Republican governors of six states collectively mobilized roughly 1,200 additional troops to D.C._ > > [https://wapo.st/4lzTtZw](https://wapo.st/4lzTtZw) > … > “Let us be clear: **armed soldiers** should not be policing American citizens on American soil,” D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb wrote on a [post on X](https://x.com/DCAttorneyGen/status/1957773016668012586) Tuesday morning… > > … > Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, issued a statement Tuesday urging fellow governors to “reject the temptation to use their soldiers to reinforce a dangerous, politically motivated agenda." > > “Our Guardsmen and women enlist to serve when needed in the case of domestic disasters, to ensure the public’s safety and to protect national security,” Kelly said. “To deploy them to another jurisdiction, without the request and consent of that state’s governor — or, in this case, the local authorities of Washington, D.C. — undermines the mission of the National Guard, wastes resources needed for real emergencies, and, perhaps worst of all, adds to the divisiveness that already threatens our United States.” > … My bold. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/42 "2025-08-23T10:46:11Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Tell me how many of the 1450 are being armed? The article in the OP says that “some” of the soldiers will be armed in accordance with their training and mission. If the “some” being armed are other than police officers, the concerns in the OP are substantiated. If they aren’t then its baseless. Things are changing. > Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a statement today from the Pentagon that the 2,000 National Guard members stationed in Washington, D.C., will begin to carry weapons. 🤨 * * * From: > **[August 22, 2025](https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-22-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4y8eu)** > > In these last days of August, with Congress on hiatus and the Epstein files looming, the Trump White House appears to be making a big move to consolidate power over the federal government, weaponize it against Trump’s opponents, and keep him in power... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/43 "2025-08-23T13:46:25Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > and all of this was apparently spurred on by DOGE staffer Edward Coristine, a.k.a. “Big Balls” [reportedly getting carjacked near Dupont Circle at 3 am](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-administration-staffer-known-as-big-balls-assaulted-in-dc-00494990) I just had a hunch and did a quick google search. Found a place called the platinum club near Dupont Circle. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/44 "2025-08-23T14:27:23Z")
I can see how the burning of the Reichstag could have motivated patriotic Germans, but how enthused are these Guardsmen with the mission of avenging Big Balls? Good God. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/45 "2025-08-23T15:07:44Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > the mission of avenging Big Balls [Big Balls Lied](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159/46 "2025-08-23T16:40:55Z")
Now there’s a challenge for Weird Al! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-guard-as-a-long-term-armed-adjunct-to-law-enforcement/1022159.md?page=2)