A Second Amendment Solution

William Lind describes an idea that will give responsibility for homeland security to... well, the people in the homeland: "The militia was the basis of America’s defense through most of our history as a republic. More, there are two contemporary models. One is volunteer fire departments, which small town and rural America depend on and which almost always perform well. The other is community policing, where cops walk the same beat in the same neighborhood for a long time, long enough to understand the neighborhood and prevent crimes instead of just responding to them. Neither volunteer fire departments nor community police serve as control mechanisms for the federal government. They respond to their local communities, not to Washington."

What's more, we could all take turns being elected Captain. A boyhood dream come true...