>but we're talking about the dispatch of armed agents of the state who are permitted to use violence in the discharge of their duties. You could say the same t

>but we're talking about the dispatch of armed agents of the state who are permitted to use violence in the discharge of their duties. You could say the same thing about a police officer being sent to direct traffic at a busy intersection, or going to a school for career day. Just because the police officer is an armed agent of the state permitted to use violence doesn't mean the police officer shouldn't do things that aren't very serious.