Ever seen a civil war in a nation where over 50% of the population own firearms, and 10% own scoped deer rifles capable of hitting a soldier on guard or checkpoint duty at 400+ yards?
A few thousand active Taliban armed mostly with rusty old AK-47s are tying down how many of our troops, MRAPS, helos, Predators, etc? Are we winnin that one?
Imagine not a few thousand Taliban with old AKs, but millions of soldiers with experience from Vietnam to OIF, armed with scoped deer rifles.
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Which is why the government is going to cameras, satalites and drones so fast. Totalitarian government here we come!
There ain’t enough military to find 5,000 Taliban in a desert and mountain country as big as Texas, so there sure ain’t enough drones for the USA by many orders of magnitude.
How does a drone distinguish a hunter with a scoped rifle from a “rebel sniper?” Or does Drone Command order the end of outdoor firearms carry? Really?
How will that work, when 19 million Americans purchase deer hunting stamps each Fall, and sally forth with scoped rifles to slay wily 200-pound mammals? Ban hunting, ban the 2nd Amendment. I’m sure Obama can just issue an Emergency Edict, and we’ll all obey it.
Good luck with that, ‘Rats!