This was the reason why the Founders were so against the idea of standing armies. The British Army in colonial times acted in the role of enforcer of the King's will upon the people, when they weren't fighting wars.
“This was the reason why the Founders were so against the idea of standing armies.”
Indeed! So DOE has 10,000 men in arms, the last estimate I heard. How many do other departments in the Executive Branch have? FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, Interior, State? EPA, OSHA, BIA?
Why does the Education Department need short-barreled shotguns “compatible with their other shotguns”?
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=cb68cf9f3fa2fe18a83d1c3dee0039b2
Plus the fact that we do have a standing army.
And at what point do we get the Youth Camps in the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act?
Or the civilian security force “better funded than the United States Army?