[CarryaBigStick]

Sir, I use military rifles regularly in NRA high power rifle matches; rifle matches that were created to keep the militia proficient in marksmanship so they would be effective when needed in an emergency.

No! I *will* not just shut up and take it!

[justshutupandtakeit]

The NRA was formed so that the Army had more well trained marksmen; its founders had noted the poor quality of US Army recruits during the Civil War. Prior to that the members of militias retained their proficiency with rifles through hunting primarily.

None of that is relevent to anything under discussion at any rate.