Wtf The Governor of Maine ‘is aware’ use your goddamn National Guard for a change.
What are you banking on that ‘Good Guy with Gun.’ ? FFS
@VelvetDuchess what are they going to do? They'd have to get to Lewiston from all over the state? A lot of them are also already police officers
@VelvetDuchess what unit of the guard stands ready? my understanding of the guard is limited to the 133rd engineer battalion and very limited knowledge of the 11th WMD
^^^ utter nonsense.
I was a professional firefighter for 32 years. Had numerous situations where we had to call in extra personnel. Nothing like that ever "takes minutes" to "chopper them in"
Most areas have a less than 3 aircraft ready to go at any moment, Meaning staffed, fueled and ready to load personnel on....and then you have to assemble personnel.
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Even driving at full speed from 30-40 miles away from the airfield would take 30 or more minutes...assuming they were actually near their gear at the moment called
Do you have any idea of how weapons of war for the Nat Guard are maintained? Weapons are stored at one place, their ammo is stored at another location so that no one break in can get both
Even a low level Guard action takes HOURS to assemble
@AndersonArtwork @crazyuncleharris Well then then I guess they need to work on their readiness.
@AndersonArtwork @crazyuncleharris Ok I didn’t know I thought they would maintain state of readiness.
My Father was a Master Chief you maintain a state of readiness or we have all gone to hell?
@VelvetDuchess @AndersonArtwork the 11th WMD (weapons of mass destruction) I believe responds in at max 4 hours
A VERY specific situation and preparation. You would not use them on an active shooter, except at a Nuke plant
Otherwise, every terrorist attack with a WMD would start with some active shooters to get them out of position
And still...up to 4 hours...not minutes
@AndersonArtwork @VelvetDuchess yeah they specialize with biological, radiological and chemical
Not sure where the closest WMD action group is to this place in Maine, either. Even by aircraft, they could be that 4 hours away. It could be 3 hours or 2...but those would never be deployed on a single civilian with an AR-15
@AndersonArtwork @VelvetDuchess they are located in Waterville so about 45 minutes to 1 hour via roadway
So about 45 minutes, at best, by aircraft, even if they were crazy at the command level to ever let them be deployed for something like this. Just driving it in 45 minutes doesn't take into account them going from stand by to rolling. As a firefighter that took us 1-2 minutes. And an aircraft takes FAR longer to ready and for take off than a truck
@AndersonArtwork @VelvetDuchess not to mention landing the helicopters, I haven't covered every inch of the lew, but some of it is pretty densely packed
Yep. Logistics to deploy a lethally capable force ain't done in minutes
Plus, once they land...they are walking ...unless some local agency supplies them with wheels
Or their own vehicles get there MUCH slower by bigger aircraft than troop carriers
Even active duty, deployed main force miliary would not be able to be there in minutes. State of readiness isn't what you think it is withing the USA.
Near specific places, there are aircraft ready, but those are not just everywhere. Usually fighter craft, too, not troop choppers
This town in Maine will get the fastest response by Police personnel already on duty within 50 miles
Activating the NatG takes time to even COMMUNICATE they have been called up
@crazyuncleharris They can
Chopper them in takes minutes. Maine doesn’t have a lot real estate to cover.