Thanks.
Thanks for posting this thought provoking article and starting this great thread.
On the face of it the SWJ piece as others pointed out seemed cartoonish in it’s set-up. Broad stroke characterizations, straw man opponents, etc, the sort of thing a semi precocious teen would conceive. However, once I realized that the sought feedback I wonder if the act of publishing was an intelligence probe to gauge mood, temperament, capabilities, in effect opposition research and probe. Can’t be hard to track respondents on the SWJ site nor to follow the trails of the squirrels to find where the nuts are stashed. (I projecting their mind set with that remark). Quite a bit to think about.
Trav, you and others mentioned the number and skill sets of American hunters. Back at the beginning of the current regime the news of the huge increase in fire arms sales lead me to wonder, just how many people had armed themselves. NCIC check gross numbers indicate sales but not individuals. So I thought a better guess would be the number of hunting licenses issued. Turns out “The Deer Hunting Annual” did the work for me. Not having access to it for a full count I discovered that in 2009 Texas lead with 1.1 million rifle hunters. Add PA, NY, MI, WI, and the others and indeed, there damn near is a rifle behind every blade of grass.