The evidence points to – yes. The Cape Gazette Reports that at his latest January constituent coffee meeting, Rep. Smyk expressed concerns that the State Police and Delaware National Guard are not up to the task of ensuring order in the event of some “major occurrence.” And that these agencies are in need of reinforcement from a whackjob militia composed of local whackjobs.
In a Facebook update from that day,(appearently used as a source by the Cape Gazette) Smyk’s whackjob-iness comes out in full force as Smynk agrees with and appears to egg on his whackjob constituents.
On another topic, Rep. Smyk said he had some concerns regarding the state’s preparedness to respond to a statewide emergency, noting a major occurrence could strain the capabilities of the Delaware National Guard and police agencies. He said these agencies could benefit from the creation of a citizen auxiliary unit. Trained and tasked to perform low-level functions, such citizen volunteers could allow limited Guard and law enforcement personnel to concentrate on critical issues.
“It’s time to bring citizens to the defense of our state,” said Robert Fischer, one of more than a dozen local residents taking part in the discussion. “We have volunteer fire departments. We need to have a volunteer militia.”
In terms of craziness, this sort of denigration of the capabilities of existing civil authorities rates up there with another Sussex County legislator’s speculation that our moon-landings were elaborate frauds.