Let me understand. You're trying to claim that
1) "a highly trained guard"
2) "highly trained local guards"
mean utterly different things. Where (1) evidently means a centralized police force, while (2) is enforcement by street gangs?!?
I never claimed that there was a single centralized police force, but I think "highly trained local guards" does not imply street gangs.
Uhhh, you are both missing the point. What does "highly trained" even mean in this context? Are we talking about magical SWAT teams? Trained in what? Conflict de-escalation? Negotiations and conflict resolution? Or trained in "Kill People and Break Shit"? It's a vague and nonsensical statement as written, because it doesn't specify how they "handle" the violence. Kill the perpetrators? Arrest them with non-lethal tactics and means? Or are they "highly trained" in ballet, and they just dance around you until you stop? It's like every other leftist fantasy; they know what they want, but have no idea how to actually accomplish it.
And, to Pundit's point about community policing, the very next line states "... citizens are expected to proactively intervene if needed." Sounds like vigilante justice, eh? Or compulsory service ("Why am I under arrest? That dude started slaying people, and I headed for cover. What do you mean, I had a duty to get involved?"). Or, more likely, the people on the
street are expected to
gang up on the perps to help law enforcement. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?