I don't doubt that if somebody with the intelligence of a Henry Bowman were to get the ball rolling, your 3% of gun owners estimate is pretty accurate in a 'war of restoration' situation.
If foreign forces gave them little blue helmets to shoot at, I'm thinking more like 10-20%, probably closer to 10%, would actually pull the trigger, with 50% cheering them on. 16
Let's not forget how much ammo that we have to go along with our guns. I do not know any gun owner who has less than 5,000 rounds of ammunition. Bring it on "Blue Helmets". We are prepared.
Deer rifles and plinkers do not snipers make. Sniping involves tracking, stalking, waiting, coldly calculating, and levels of PT that are hilariously beyond most hunters I know.
Being a good shot with a rifle is *only* that start of being a good infantry soldier or sniper. This idea that hunters with no additional training can whup ass versus an actual military is delusional.
I got a bit carried away with my zeroes... one percent of gunowners is "only" 800,000.
Good luck, Obama & co.
(And to Merle: according to Army historian S.L.A. Marshall fewer than 50% of American W.W.II soldiers who had the opportunity to fire at the enemy did so.)
@ General Soren, It doesn't matter. If I'm willing to trade my life for one or more of theirs, so that my children can live in peace and freedom, then perhaps marksmanship will be enough.
After reading "what sort of fool..." and some of the comments, I am reminded of a soliloquy that inspired a Faulkner novel title:
[Macbeth:] "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." (Macbeth, Act V, Scene v)
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I don't doubt that if somebody with the intelligence of a Henry Bowman were to get the ball rolling, your 3% of gun owners estimate is pretty accurate in a 'war of restoration' situation.
If foreign forces gave them little blue helmets to shoot at, I'm thinking more like 10-20%, probably closer to 10%, would actually pull the trigger, with 50% cheering them on. 16
I would have serious misgivings about busting a cap on fellow Americans, none about shooting a Blue Beanie.
_revjen45
Does anyone know the actual percentage of WW 2 soldiers that did not fire their rifles while in combat?
Merle
Excellent, excellent!
Even just one percent of American gunowners is 800,000,000 armed people. I don't think our enemies have nearly as strong a hand as we do.
Let's not forget how much ammo that we have to go along with our guns. I do not know any gun owner who has less than 5,000 rounds of ammunition. Bring it on "Blue Helmets". We are prepared.
Deer rifles and plinkers do not snipers make. Sniping involves tracking, stalking, waiting, coldly calculating, and levels of PT that are hilariously beyond most hunters I know.
Being a good shot with a rifle is *only* that start of being a good infantry soldier or sniper. This idea that hunters with no additional training can whup ass versus an actual military is delusional.
I flatter myself that I am the one who posted that reminder on FB LNS refers to.
Worry about the UN sending troops to disarm us if it makes you feel excited. It won't happen. Nobody is that stupid.
@General Soren.
I am sure the British command back in the day felt the same way about the rowdy colonists as they gave orders to go and collect their weapons.
Turned out pretty well for them too, didn't it?
Oh, before I forget, remember how there is a hell of a significant number of prior members of this nations military who also are seasoned combat vets?
Think on that also.
I got a bit carried away with my zeroes... one percent of gunowners is "only" 800,000.
Good luck, Obama & co.
(And to Merle: according to Army historian S.L.A. Marshall fewer than 50% of American W.W.II soldiers who had the opportunity to fire at the enemy did so.)
@ General Soren,
It doesn't matter. If I'm willing to trade my life for one or more of theirs, so that my children can live in peace and freedom, then perhaps marksmanship will be enough.
They'll run out of willing mercenaries long before we run out of ammo and fat old men with deer rifles.
After reading "what sort of fool..." and some of the comments, I am reminded of a soliloquy that inspired a Faulkner novel title:
[Macbeth:] "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing." (Macbeth, Act V, Scene v)
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