How many millions? Every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine is trained to use the M16 or a variant, and issued high capacity magazines. Millions. I tried to estimate how many, it ran over 20 million if you included the M14's.
One source - the number of veterans: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veteranscensus1.html
We currently train over 800,000 a year in basic alone.
And nobody is talking about it.
Why? We need to make more of it - millions trained at OUR expense to Government standards to fire a fully automatic weapon and/or with large magazines, and trained on more than one in many cases.
Let's see, M9, M16 and A1 and A2, M60, M249, M2, M17, not countintg the Dragon, TOW, M72 LAW, STINGER, and REDEYE. Grenades and the Claymore, too.
Just one list I am acquainted with, doesn't include single stacks and personal weapons. And like a lot of others, I may not be in service any more, but I haven't suddenly become less capable and a danger to society. (At least I haven't started my kit car project. )
Add the millions of police, deputies, and all the training they get using firearms. I hear the local PD practicing with M16's - full auto - on Sundays after I get off work. On loan from Uncle Sam.
We're getting completely left out of the conversation, and it's really beginning to annoy me. Who said we can't handle a semi auto AR with a 20 round mag? Kid's rabbit rifle compared to the some of the other stuff.
Ooohhh, wait a minute, I get it, it's all a grandstand show, folks. Balance and common sense aren't part of this act. We're not talking statesman, it's Illinois politics, and that's the dirtiest politics in the USA. Good old Chicago.
One source - the number of veterans: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veteranscensus1.html
We currently train over 800,000 a year in basic alone.
And nobody is talking about it.
Why? We need to make more of it - millions trained at OUR expense to Government standards to fire a fully automatic weapon and/or with large magazines, and trained on more than one in many cases.
Let's see, M9, M16 and A1 and A2, M60, M249, M2, M17, not countintg the Dragon, TOW, M72 LAW, STINGER, and REDEYE. Grenades and the Claymore, too.
Just one list I am acquainted with, doesn't include single stacks and personal weapons. And like a lot of others, I may not be in service any more, but I haven't suddenly become less capable and a danger to society. (At least I haven't started my kit car project. )
Add the millions of police, deputies, and all the training they get using firearms. I hear the local PD practicing with M16's - full auto - on Sundays after I get off work. On loan from Uncle Sam.
We're getting completely left out of the conversation, and it's really beginning to annoy me. Who said we can't handle a semi auto AR with a 20 round mag? Kid's rabbit rifle compared to the some of the other stuff.
Ooohhh, wait a minute, I get it, it's all a grandstand show, folks. Balance and common sense aren't part of this act. We're not talking statesman, it's Illinois politics, and that's the dirtiest politics in the USA. Good old Chicago.