Technically, the 2A is primarily for when foreign armies invade and secondarily for when other Amendments fail.
F_State
"Law Enforcement" in the US doesn't things they're not authorized to do all the time and rarely face consequences. That fuck who murdered George Floyd was SHOCKED when he got arrested for it.
The idea is that they're not put in a position to play favorites or make enemies with their neighbors.
Police in the US do lots of things that are against the law without consequences.
Police in the US do lots of things that are against the law without consequences.
Most cops are sadists or ok with other cops being sadists. The ones that aren't don't last long in that environment before they quit or get training accidented.
You say that like there was a serious risk of nuclear war. But the issue wasn't Ukraine, it was the rules based internation order that the US set up and benefitted from (despite also frequently breaking the rules)
If there's an obviously awful position to take, Hegseth is always in a rush to take it.
Hopefully the states refuse to comply since constitutionally it's so cut and dry. But yeah, this is what happens when your Republic starts collapsing into a fascist dictatorship, which it is.
Life is exceptionally cheap in both Russia and China. And both leaders are beyond reproach in their respective countries.