Lot of ignorance here and with the politicians about the National Guard {and it’s National Guard, never national guards - they’re not warehouse watchmen}.
The National Guard is already under control of the states and its governors. It does not need federal authorization to do something, even something as stupid as this proposal by dumb-as-dirt Boxer.
National Guardsmen do not hang around the armory like fireman at the firehouse waiting for the next call from some stupid politician. They have real full-time civilian jobs like you do and train for real missions, from Special Ops insertions and fighter air strikes in Afghanistan to evacuation and rescue in a local flood.
Somehow it’s in too many people’s minds, including here at FR, that the Guard {not “guards”} is sort of like a constabulary day labor force ready to do the job that other well paid bureacracies can’t or won’t do, like guard the border, do drug searches, or guard schoolhouses.
As far as I'm concerned, E-1 through E-5 need to be studying their MOS or AFSC and trying to upgrade.
Officers need to be prodded with rare books from the 1600s on pike squares or put on the spot with what OODA means. Or be made to quote from Tzun Tzu.
Oh, and keeping their deployment folder, shot record, dental record, medical record, diversity training stuff up to date.
Our guys are busy enough. Give protecting schools to vets that have a couple of DD-214s under their belts and are too fat to hump a mile and a half with the kids.
/johnny