Man Holds Guy with Knife at Gunpoint

[Rob Boudrie]

The way I see it, unless you're subject to the UCMJ, you're a civilian. Are police subject to the UCMJ? (rhetorical question)

The term "civilian" has different meanings depending on context.

Merriam-Webster defines it thusly:

a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force

Whereas Google leaves firefighters out of the definition.'

So, according to M-W, you see it wrong

 

[drgrant]

The term "civilian" has different meanings depending on context.

Merriam-Webster defines it thusly:



Whereas Google leaves firefighters out of the definition.'

So, according to M-W, you see it wrong

Look up "Assault Rifle", the dictionary definition would cause some folks here to have a coronary.

-Mike