National Guard in Boston=Is This Legal?

[Punch The Clown]

I'm watching the news, and the Gov. of mass said that the National Guard is conducting random bag searches. Is this legal?

[Punch The Clown]

Forget it. I googled it and it is.

[Eli]

Do the sheeple care?

Eli

[Schriv]

YES.
National Guard troops belong to the state until 'federalized'.
That line has been blurred a lot since the 91 Gulf war when NG troops were showing up unprepared in Korean war/Vietnam era gear from states that chose not to modernize and equip them properly. The DOD now provides the material and weapons but the states lost a good bit of control over their state troops.