Gun Control??

Question

Can an ARMED CITIZENRY defend this country??

Answer 1

Depends on the circumstances and the kind of invasion involved.

Private persons with no military or guerilla training and acting in small groups are no match for large numbers of well trained and equipped regular troops, and can't substitute for regular army. They could have a significant nuisance value, though.

With proper training, and privately held equipment (what are the laws about such stuff as explosives and grenades), they could double as highly effective guerilla troops and Afghanistan invaders out of the country.

EDIT : I just love the input by Maggies Momma... a more biased, misleading piece of propaganda is hard to find. It systematically neglects the places where gun control has been in place for god know how long, and no genocide has happened (like, say, France, the UK, Germany or Japan), and takes a number of isolated instances to draw a wrong conclusion.

Don't mistake me, the day I emigrate to the US, getting my NRA card will be among the first things I do, but this piece of cr*p is not worth considering.

Answer 2

That is the purpose of the Second Amendment. The Militia is the armed citizenry, it is NOT the National Guard. The National Guard is a reserve component of the U.S. Army (The Air Guard is a reserve component of the U.S. Air Force.

Guns are too dangerous a thing to allow politicians to have a monopoly on.

Answer 3

Yes in a guerrilla war sort of way just like the arabs defend their countries from invaders. The real defense lay with the professionals. Citizen defense may win the day eventually but what do you have at the end of that day leveled cities destroyed economy and crops. Great were FREE to starve and freeze. The days of minute men have long past and are no longer relavent to any battlefield in todays world.

Answer 4

Where the US has an advantage is that a large percentage of privately owned firearms are the equivalent of a M-24 sniper rifle or better. The disadvantage comes with the ban (gun control) on assault rifles.

The biggest favor my father ever did for me was to buy me a NRA life membership on the day that I was born.

Answer 5

With no training, and poor weapons, and overwhelming odds? No. But if they are slightly trained in regular, or guerrilla tactics, they have a chance. Even though militia(citizens who are armed and fight as soldiers) hasn't been around for 130 years, there is a chance, no matter small it is, armed citizens can defend their country.

Answer 6

if all the citizens are armed and willing to fight then trying to take this country is more grief than it is worth and by the same token everyone who is a citizen should be allowed to carry a gun and the code duello a armed society is a polite one as well as nearly crime free ( can you imagine some clown trying to rob your bank ? stick em up and give me your money ! and about 50 people blow him back out the door and into the parking lot !

Answer 7

60 million gun owners make a formidable force and they can arm another 200 million from their gun cabinets .
Few nations would even concider the idea of invading us , it would be very costly .

Answer 8

i think we could help defend our country. of course we do not have the advanced weaponry the army has, but i think we could help. lol some of us deer hunters are very good long range deer rifle shooters. if we had to defend our country alone without he army's help i think we would get beaten. i hope it doesn't come to that.

Answer 9

Sure, we just need to make sure that they are defending this country and not trying to overthrow the government.

Answer 10

maybe not successgully, but a whole lot better than an unarmed one. of course criminals with guns would get in way.