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** Wouldn't the suspension of the rules against targeting government officials put foreign ambassadors and diplomatic personnel at risk? For example, purgers might take it as an excuse to go after UN personnel in New York or attack the various embassies located in Washington.
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*** It's also possible military laws are still in effect. That way the government doesn't have to worry about, say, sentries freely abandoning their posts or taking bribes to let people in, or people with armoury access selling off weaponry to purgers.
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*** That might hold water, had it not been established within the first half-hour of the original movie that ''military veterans'', themselves, are fair game on Purge Night. Even if a service member's immediate family (how immediate, exactly? just spouses and kids? parents and siblings? grandparents? how about all ''their'' nearest and dearest?) are eligible for protection ''while that member is serving'', nobody stays on active duty forever.
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*** That might hold water, had it not been established within the first half-hour of the original movie that ''military veterans'', themselves, are fair game on Purge Night. Even if a service member's immediate family (how immediate, exactly? just spouses and kids? parents and siblings? grandparents? how about all ''their'' nearest and dearest?) are eligible for protection ''while that member is serving'', nobody stays on active duty forever.forever.
* What the hell were the Secret Service agents outside Roan's house expecting to accomplish? It's virtually guaranteed that the house would be targeted by an organized force, to say nothing of random purgers. Yet they have no cover, no heavy body armour, and any weapons they have are small enough to be concealed in their suits (while not even being at the ready). They don't even seem to be paying attention to their surroundings. Sure, being on guard duty for 12 hours will get monotonous, but they know a threat is incoming. Even if they were certain the snipers on the roof would detect/deal with any major threats, then why be outside at all?
* What the hell were the Secret Service agents outside Roan's house expecting to accomplish? It's virtually guaranteed that the house would be targeted by an organized force, to say nothing of random purgers. Yet they have no cover, no heavy body armour, and any weapons they have are small enough to be concealed in their suits (while not even being at the ready). They don't even seem to be paying attention to their surroundings. Sure, being on guard duty for 12 hours will get monotonous, but they know a threat is incoming. Even if they were certain the snipers on the roof would detect/deal with any major threats, then why be outside at all?
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*** The movies make it pretty clear that there are the official rules of The Purge (all emergency services stand down, larger scale weapons are prohibited, and certain government officials are exempt) and the unofficial and sometimes contradictory rules of The Purge (don't stick your neck out to help people, don't mess with the triage vans, don't mess with the secret government death squads, et al). I'd bet that one of those unofficial rules is "the military looks out for its own", with active duty service members and their families being safely sequestered on military bases that are locked down tighter than a drum, with the highest discipline strictly enforced. We already have a system that encourages the poor and underprivileged to disproportionately join the military, a safe place for your immediate family on Purge Night would just be one more benefit for a recruiter to tout.
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*** The movies make it pretty clear that there are the official rules of The Purge (all emergency services stand down, larger scale weapons are prohibited, and certain government officials are exempt) and the unofficial and sometimes contradictory rules of The Purge (don't stick your neck out to help people, don't mess with the triage vans, don't mess with the secret government death squads, et al). I'd bet that one of those unofficial rules is "the military looks out for its own", with active duty service members and their families being safely sequestered on military bases that are locked down tighter than a drum, with the highest discipline strictly enforced. We already have a system that encourages the poor and underprivileged to disproportionately join the military, a safe place for your immediate family on Purge Night would just be one more benefit for a recruiter to tout.tout.
*** That might hold water, had it not been established within the first half-hour of the original movie that ''military veterans'', themselves, are fair game on Purge Night. Even if a service member's immediate family (how immediate, exactly? just spouses and kids? parents and siblings? grandparents? how about all ''their'' nearest and dearest?) are eligible for protection ''while that member is serving'', nobody stays on active duty forever.
*** That might hold water, had it not been established within the first half-hour of the original movie that ''military veterans'', themselves, are fair game on Purge Night. Even if a service member's immediate family (how immediate, exactly? just spouses and kids? parents and siblings? grandparents? how about all ''their'' nearest and dearest?) are eligible for protection ''while that member is serving'', nobody stays on active duty forever.
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*** Except that raises a very important question: If enough soldiers are on duty during the Purge to prevent something like that from happening, who's protecting all of their families? Because if their families aren't protected, there would have already been a military coup led by a massive number of disgruntled junior officers and [=NCOs=] who've lost family to the purge (sure, generals and their families may receive special protection, but I doubt sergeants, lieutenants, and captains get that). Despite what the filmmakers may think, the vast majority of soldiers in the western world have little interest in being part of a death squad or killing civilians for sport, and an army made up of psychopaths and sociopaths who joined up just to kill isn't going to function very well for the rest of the year, and many of the other soldiers would most likely ''despise'' the death squads (If they come from the regular military but have their identities hidden, then someone could probably figure it out based on "who is extremely supportive of the purge ''and'' is almost never stuck with guard duty during the purge?")
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*** Except that raises a very important question: If enough soldiers are on duty during the Purge to prevent something like that from happening, who's protecting all of their families? Because if their families aren't protected, there would have already been a military coup led by a massive number of disgruntled junior officers and [=NCOs=] who've lost family to the purge (sure, generals and their families may receive special protection, but I doubt sergeants, lieutenants, and captains get that). Despite what the filmmakers may think, the vast majority of soldiers in the western world have little interest in being part of a death squad or killing civilians for sport, and an army made up of psychopaths and sociopaths who joined up just to kill isn't going to function very well for the rest of the year, and many of the other soldiers would most likely ''despise'' the death squads (If they come from the regular military but have their identities hidden, then someone could probably figure it out based on "who is extremely supportive of the purge ''and'' is almost never stuck with guard duty during the purge?")purge?")
**** The movies make it pretty clear that there are the official rules of The Purge (all emergency services stand down, larger scale weapons are prohibited, and certain government officials are exempt) and the unofficial and sometimes contradictory rules of The Purge (don't stick your neck out to help people, don't mess with the triage vans, don't mess with the secret government death squads, et al). I'd bet that one of those unofficial rules is "the military looks out for its own", with active duty service members and their families being safely sequestered on military bases that are locked down tighter than a drum, with the highest discipline strictly enforced. We already have a system that encourages the poor and underprivileged to disproportionately join the military, a safe place for your immediate family on Purge Night would just be one more benefit for a recruiter to tout.
**** The movies make it pretty clear that there are the official rules of The Purge (all emergency services stand down, larger scale weapons are prohibited, and certain government officials are exempt) and the unofficial and sometimes contradictory rules of The Purge (don't stick your neck out to help people, don't mess with the triage vans, don't mess with the secret government death squads, et al). I'd bet that one of those unofficial rules is "the military looks out for its own", with active duty service members and their families being safely sequestered on military bases that are locked down tighter than a drum, with the highest discipline strictly enforced. We already have a system that encourages the poor and underprivileged to disproportionately join the military, a safe place for your immediate family on Purge Night would just be one more benefit for a recruiter to tout.
