Ed Palmer
12-17-10, 03:42 PM
I never thought about this; but add to this our reserves, guard and old vets. We are one HELL-OF-A FORMIDABLE COUNTRY!
Sent to me from D. Gallagher
This blogger adds up all the hunters in just a handful of
states, and comes to a striking conclusion:
The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting
season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000
hunters.
Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two
months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than
Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a
single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay.
But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in
the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan 's 700,000 hunters have now
returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is
literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would
comprise the largest army in the world.
His 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.
Sent to me from D. Gallagher
This blogger adds up all the hunters in just a handful of
states, and comes to a striking conclusion:
The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting
season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000
hunters.
Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two
months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than
Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a
single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay.
But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in
the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan 's 700,000 hunters have now
returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is
literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would
comprise the largest army in the world.
His 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.