Here’s an interesting bit of information someone passed on to me. I can't vouch for its validity, but it does raise an interesting point and provide some food for thought about how well-armed Americans are compared to other countries.
Supposedly, after the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor, Dec 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 — all fighting the Germans. So, why did they not invade?
After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked that question. Their answer — they knew that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them.
The world’s largest army — America’s hunters! Think about this...
A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a striking conclusion:
• There were over 600,000 hunters this past season in the state of Wisconsin alone. Allow me to restate that number...
• Over the last several months, Wisconsin’s hunters became the eighth largest army in the world.
• More armed men than in Iran..
• More than in France and Germany combined.
• These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms — and no one was killed.
That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan’s 700,000 hunters. Toss in a 250,000 hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.
The 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. That’s why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.
Food for thought when next we consider gun control.
The above numbers are just the hunters that purchased deer hunting licenses. I guarantee you there are at least 4 times as many guys that have guns, know how to use them, and don’t have a deer hunting license.
We absolutely will always have the World’s largest army — as long as we do not let the government take our guns away.
Supposedly, after the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor, Dec 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 — all fighting the Germans. So, why did they not invade?
After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked that question. Their answer — they knew that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them.
The world’s largest army — America’s hunters! Think about this...
A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a striking conclusion:
• There were over 600,000 hunters this past season in the state of Wisconsin alone. Allow me to restate that number...
• Over the last several months, Wisconsin’s hunters became the eighth largest army in the world.
• More armed men than in Iran..
• More than in France and Germany combined.
• These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms — and no one was killed.
That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan’s 700,000 hunters. Toss in a 250,000 hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.
The 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. That’s why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.
Food for thought when next we consider gun control.
The above numbers are just the hunters that purchased deer hunting licenses. I guarantee you there are at least 4 times as many guys that have guns, know how to use them, and don’t have a deer hunting license.
We absolutely will always have the World’s largest army — as long as we do not let the government take our guns away.
That's a very compelling essay, Mr. Coppola. Could you please reveal the source of your information about the response of Japanese generals and admirals when asked why they didn't invade. That's interesting information I would like to document.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Kirk Kirkpatrick
glenn.kirk@mac.com
We didn't have an army and war ships focused on Germany. We didn't declare war on Germany until the day after they declared war on us ... Dec. 11, 1941.
ReplyDeleteFour days before Pearl Harbor.