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Originally Posted by Platapus
The Posse Comitatus Act is still relevant but not in the context you are using. Posse Comitatus does not in any way affect how the police can be armed.
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No, I get that part, and I wasn't saying that it did.
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Only that the US military can not be used to enforce civil laws unless there is a waiver. PC is waived all the time, but each waiver is subjected to judicial review.
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What I was getting at is that the idea behind the PCA is that a military force should not be used to enforce civil laws, but since the line between police and military is now so blurred, why even have it in the first place?