I ran across a thought-provoking comment on another forum that I've paraphrased here:

From deer license sales in four states:

There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .

Over the last several months, Wisconsin's hunters became the eighth largest army in the world. More men under arms than in Iran . More than in France and Germany combined.

That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan's 700,000 hunters.

Add about 250,000 hunters in West Virginia and it establishes the fact that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world with over 2 million skilled shooters.

The point? America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower.

After the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, they could have sent their troop ships and carriers directly to California to finish what they started. The prediction from our Chief of Staff was we would not be able to stop a massive invasion until they reached the Mississippi River . Remember, we had a 2 million man army and war ships in other localities, so why did they not invade?

After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked that question. Their answer was that they knew that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them.

Hunting is not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security to have an armed and trained population. That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.

Food for thought when next we consider gun control.