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Veterans and active military personnel are urging National Guard members to resist deployment orders to U.S. cities.

Soldiers can legally refuse unlawful orders, but this is a difficult standard to meet for domestic deployments.

Conscientious objection is an option for soldiers, but it requires opposition to all war, not just a specific deployment.

Veterans and active military personnel are calling on members of the National Guard to resist orders for deployment into cities like Memphis.

The order to send National Guard troops to Memphis was formally announced on Sept. 15, and almost a month later, patrols officially began on Oct. 10 .

So far, the Memphis Safe Task Force — which includes the National Guard — has arrested "850 violent criminals and known ga

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