Worlds Largest Army (4 US States!)

[The Duke]

If you added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states, you
could form a striking conclusion:

There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .
Allow me to restate that number.
Over the last several months, Wisconsin's hunters became the eighth largest
army in the world.
More men under arms than in Iran .
More than in France and Germany combined.
These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with
firearms, and no one was killed.
That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of
Pennsylvania and Michigan 'S 700,000 hunters, all of whom have now returned
home.
Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally
establishes the fact that
the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in
the world.
The point?
America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of
home-grown firepower.

Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of
national security.

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That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.
Food for thought when next we consider gun control.

[okiefired]

China's army is well over 4.5 mil and they're not hunters, they soldiers and equiped and trained as such. I agree with you though, with our armed citizens and the best military on the planet, we'd be hard to take.

okie

[marlin795]

Bring it foreign nations. You'd have thousands of casulties just going through my home town.

[Inthewind1976]

Just these sheer numbers alone is the EXACT REASON for the Second Amendment, and why it can serve as such a deterrent to tyrannical government.

[JohnHenry]

okie .......
"China's army is well over 4.5 mil and they're not hunters, they soldiers and equiped and trained as such".

I met that army, in Korea, they are not to be ignored, but, they are a herd ( not an army ) .... and in many cases were not even armed until they picked-up something on the battle field. I'll bet on our people every time.

[okiefired]

I'll bet on us everytime too JohnHenry and I'm sure you know what you're talkin about (thanks for your service) but...from what I understand, the modern Chinese army is nothing like what you faced in Korea. They are a much much welthier nation now and I think we should always respect thier shear numbers in a possible conflict and of course thier neuclear capability and lack of respect for life in general. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything but they are still a big concern to me. And while I'm at it on a different note, I think Pootin (sp?) is still one of the most dangerous men on the planet....too much power for one man. The Russian govt are simply his puppets and he's very intelligent. Damn, I'd hate to see the Obamination have to face him down, what a joke that would be.

okie

[Teejay9]

There's not going to be 4.5 million Chinese running around Wisconsin, Michigan, or West Virginia. It would be easier to get at them if they did come this way, but if China does any invading, it's going to be Taiwan. Still you make a good point. If OUR government switched the Constitution around, then we will need all those hunters. TJ

[al45lc]

Sorry, but I always have to bring this up when China's army is mentioned as an invading army here. Just HOW will they get here? Check it out, they don't have the navy or transport for it.
Any good Commander will tell you it's about logistics, and the Chinese couldn't move even 1/8 of that Army.

[Bobitis]

Originally Posted by al45lc

Sorry, but I always have to bring this up when China's army is mentioned as an invading army here. Just HOW will they get here? Check it out, they don't have the navy or transport for it.
Any good Commander will tell you it's about logistics, and the Chinese couldn't move even 1/8 of that Army.

Excellent point.

They ain't gonna get her by road. By sea? By air? They don't have the support for either venture.

China is not our enemy. Russia is not our enemy.

That leaves a few choices, and our own government is involved in all of them.

Illegal immigration
Terrorism (Patriot Act)
Socialism
No child left behind
Class warfare
Destroying the Constitution

Any of the above is a serious threat to our freedom. And we are facing ALL of them at the same time.

Take care when you vote. Our country depends on it.

[okiefired]

I sure hope you guys were'nt reading all that into my posts. I never said anything about envasions or enemies just stateing my concerns and trying to point out in my own stupid way that over confidence is probably responsible for more defeats than anything else in history and history books will give you example after example of this. We may very well be...no...we ARE the hardest on this planet to defeat right now, but I assure you, we are NOT undefeatable.

okie

PS. If China and Russia aren't our enemies, what exactly are they.... allies???...neutral??? Surely you jest. We have very few true allies.

[hkruss]

Note: In case of invasion, the TFF army will assemble at Shooter 45's house!

Hmmn... 'TFF Army'. Why, that almost sounds like it would look good on a T-shirt! Just sayin'...



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[Teejay9]

Originally Posted by okiefired

I sure hope you guys were'nt reading all that into my posts. I never said anything about envasions or enemies just stateing my concerns and trying to point out in my own stupid way that over confidence is probably responsible for more defeats than anything else in history and history books will give you example after example of this. We may very well be...no...we ARE the hardest on this planet to defeat right now, but I assure you, we are NOT undefeatable.

okie

PS. If China and Russia aren't our enemies, what exactly are they.... allies???...neutral??? Surely you jest. We have very few true allies.

No, just expounding on the probablity of such an occurance. Food for thought. al45lc makes excellent points. The Chinese couldn't invade with the kind of transport they have. They couldn't even get close with Pacific Fleet. TJ

[Bobitis]

Originally Posted by okiefired

I sure hope you guys were'nt reading all that into my posts. I never said anything about envasions or enemies just stateing my concerns and trying to point out in my own stupid way that over confidence is probably responsible for more defeats than anything else in history and history books will give you example after example of this. We may very well be...no...we ARE the hardest on this planet to defeat right now, but I assure you, we are NOT undefeatable.

okie

PS. If China and Russia aren't our enemies, what exactly are they.... allies???...neutral??? Surely you jest. We have very few true allies.

At this point in time, our government is our enemy. No amount of allies can help us.

Sorry if my post was vague...

[okiefired]

I agree with you guys but our enemies dont need ANY "transports", come on! We're flying them in here by the hundreds if not thousands on our own aircraft (and ships). Thats not to mention the fact that they can just simply walk across our borders. Of course there's not gonna be any 1940's style invasion, this is 2011. We're being invaded as we speak and they didn't have to build one transport to do it. Oh, and our big bad malitia cant fire one shot to stop it.

okie

[Old Grump]

Chinese Army, Cartel, Street gangs and an unarmed population in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. Why is this scary. California for all its problems is still the worlds 7th or 8th largest economy depending on whose numbers you read. Just shy of 15% of the USA's total economy is in California including a good part of our military facilities, transportation hubs, electronics industries, food crops, etc.

Yet our civilian defense force is in the Midwest and deep south. We are vulnerable in ways that scare the gee whillickers out of me because the screaming radical faction of the liberal left are bound and determined to finish making California a sanctuary state for all those opposed to us and to finish taking away the constitutional rights of Joe Average Citizen.

If we get invaded it will be a quiet whimper instead of a bang and the east coast ninnies will throw themselves on their faces begging to be subjugated while us ruffians with our guns and bibles will be effectively cutoff from the economy of the country. Our guns and ammo supplies won't count for much if we don't get off our 'couch potato duff's' and cast our ballots for right thinking candidates.

[clamman]

East coast ninnies? I hate to tell ya this but the folks in my county won't back down an inch. Especially all my dis-located cheesehead freinds. You gotta remember, there are some well reared boys down here from spooner, ladysmith or maybe even my hometown, columbus. On a side note I can't wait to see my PACK make scrambled eggs out of those carolina pussycats

[Old Grump]

Originally Posted by clamman

East coast ninnies? I hate to tell ya this but the folks in my county won't back down an inch. Especially all my dis-located cheesehead freinds. You gotta remember, there are some well reared boys down here from spooner, ladysmith or maybe even my hometown, columbus. On a side note I can't wait to see my PACK make scrambled eggs out of those carolina pussycats

We have them too but I wasn't referring to the average Joe Q citizen but the large metropolitan centers and universities. Even in Wisconsin you go out to small town Wisconsin and it is one world and you go to Madison or Milwaukee and its liberal paradise. Unfortunately most of the population is on the coast crunched into large cities and those ninnies control the government through sheer numbers.

Everybody keeps wanting to push Chicago into the lake or break off California and dump it into the ocean but I have lived both places and most people are not anti-gun or uber liberal. Unfortunately they have given up and either vote the way the Unions tell them to vote or they stay home and the loud squealing tree hugging, lead banning save the animal types win the elections because they DO show up at the polls. Remember it wasn't 52% of the eligible voters that voted Obama into office, it was 52% of the people who actually voted. Once again the silly crowd got out the vote and Joe Q citizen sat in front of the TV with a beer, chips and dip watching the voting results wondering what the hell just happened. What happened is he didn't vote.

[jwrauch]

I can see a time when a large segment of middle America pretty much becomes a separate country ! JR

[jbmid1]

Originally Posted by The Duke

If you added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states, you
could form a striking conclusion:

There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .
Allow me to restate that number.
Over the last several months, Wisconsin's hunters became the eighth largest
army in the world.
More men under arms than in Iran .
More than in France and Germany combined.
These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with
firearms, and no one was killed.
That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of
Pennsylvania and Michigan 'S 700,000 hunters, all of whom have now returned
home.
Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally
establishes the fact that
the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in
the world.
The point?
America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of
home-grown firepower.

Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of
national security.

*************************************************
That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.
Food for thought when next we consider gun control.

Great! Now all we need to do with these hundreds of thousands of bolt action totin' one weekend per year shootin' minutemen is to form them into units with centralized command and control, teach them how to maneuver as a unit, how to communicate, and how to maintain a logistics network.

[Old Grump]

Originally Posted by jbmid1

Great! Now all we need to do with these hundreds of thousands of bolt action totin' one weekend per year shootin' minutemen is to form them into units with centralized command and control, teach them how to maneuver as a unit, how to communicate, and how to maintain a logistics network.

Ever try to unionize farmers, same problem and same strength. Independent cusses who play well with others but don't take to kindly to regimentation. Our strength and our weakness. We won't lick any boots but we don't organize to well. Think herding cats or trying to push a shoe lace in a straight line down the road.

[jwrauch]

A lot of people are starting to wise up. Prayerfully its not too late. JR

[Prizefighter]

Maybe the hunters wouldn't make the best invasion force themselves given a lack of organization. But they know the land, know their equipment, know how to sit still, and move quietly. Doesn't sound like people I'd want to have to invade.

But as others have said, that's not the first way they'd try.