SENATE BILL: Demilitarization Act of 2014 (Redraft Law'd)

[DemPGH]

This is a tough one! I'll take a little bit of time to mull it over. It looks like a lot of the objectionable stuff was edited out early on.

There are a lot of good points made. One is that recruiters prey on vulnerable young people - this is positively, absolutely true. However, I also recognize that it's possible to have a good combat-less career in the military. For instance, a relative of mine through marriage (only ever saw the guy like three times) was a poor country boy who - from the time he old enough to know what it entailed - wanted off the farm. He went to the A.F. right out of high school where he is now an officer, is trained in all kinds of technical fields, and I think is pursuing electrical engineering or something at the present. That's cool! But. . . the preying on minority kids and gullible, impressionable youngsters does absolutely happen. Recruiters also outright lie - they tell you what they think you want to hear.

I think school guidance counselors can handle questions about the military or get hold of information, no? Anyway, let me mull it over. At a minimum, information about the military should be available. Kicking them totally off campus is kind of the sticking point for me.

[DemPGH]

Okay, I'm ready to offer a redraft that hopefully takes aim at most of the addressable concerns. Recruiter shenanigans are pretty widely known, so curtailing them is the main concern, I think.

I also don't actually remember seeing military recruiters at my high school. It wasn't an elite high school, but it wasn't terrible either. Maybe I just never paid any attention.

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