Is The North Carolina National Guard Being Deployed In Charlotte With Arming Orders?
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 3 months ago
Concerning this article, I sent the authors a short note as follows.
Gentlemen,
So here is an important question about your coverage of the happenings in Charlotte. I follow this sort of thing and have ascertained that more often than not, when the NG is deployed, they aren’t under “arming orders.” This was true of the NG deployed to the Mexican border (they mostly sat in offices and aided with paperwork as they had no ammunition given to them for their weapons), and was true of the NG deployed in Ferguson. Issuing arming orders is a big deal, involving training, requalification by the riflemen, issuing “rules for the use of force” that have been reviewed by the lawyers, etc., etc.
But they rarely listen to a blogger, so you might ask the question of the officials. You might catch them flat footed and they will likely refuse to answer you because it might show the world that deploying the NG is just window dressing and none of them have ammunition.
If you ask and they answer, I’d appreciate attribution please.
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On September 22, 2016 at 12:18 pm, Pat Hines said:
While what you say is true, I was in the NC Army National Guard from 1984-1992, the NC State Troopers are armed, with side arms, shotguns, and rifles and may use them as necessary.
On September 22, 2016 at 2:01 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Well Pat, I can only reiterate what said. They may have these assets, but they won’t be deployed to police the public with these weapons being loaded without being under arming orders.
On September 26, 2016 at 9:19 am, Daniel Buchholz said:
An interesting question. The pictures I saw from the NC TAG FB page showed pictures of Soldiers with magazines in their weapons. Now whether there was ammo in those mags? That is the question.
On September 26, 2016 at 10:51 am, Herschel Smith said:
Of course they had mags in their weapons. That would have been too obvious. But ask yourself a slightly different question. In the time between when the Governor “called up” the NG, did they have time to (a) have a military lawyer craft rules for the use of force / rules of engagement (RUF/ROE), (b) get it reviewed and approved by the AG’s office, (c) write a powerpoint presentation on it, (d) train the Soldiers on it, (e) test the Soldiers on it, (f) requalify every Soldier who was to be deployed at the range, (g) have the NCOs make decisions on staffing of their units based on the above, and (h) have NCOs construct a tactical and logistical plan for getting weapons checked out of the armory, travel to site, food and fuel to and from site, etc., etc.?
I think the answer to that is obvious.