Because the Federal Government is Broken ...

State senators in Arizona voted in favor of a volunteer 'Homeland Security Force' that will not be part of the National Guard and will be available to handle those situation the National Guard is no longer able to handle like responding to

"... the governor's orders to any natural or human-caused disaster, when "necessary to protect lives or property," or to help along the border to spot people coming into the United States illegally."

According to the article "nearly two dozen other states have similar militias separate from Guard units."

Via the Arizona Daily Star: Senate votes to set up volunteer militia by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services