The issue of the average citizen’s knowledge of weapons and fighting is important and will have to be addressed by those with military training and combat experience. I have no military background but have taken four 5-day courses at Gunsite as my major training. Each course was a valuable learning experience that made me realize exactly how little I knew about the effective practical use of firearms in real world situations. I now consider myself to be minimally qualified to engage in an organized fight, my big drawback being my lack of any combat time. Those persons who recently bought a rifle and shot it a few times off a bench rest would find themselves woefully unprepared in a fight against any organized force.
Maybe it’s time for some x-mil to start some informal neighborhood training...