This Army has been growing lately, as they are adding women to their ranks! They are not the ones I expected.
Image from article:
https://www.ammoland.com/2015/08/largest-standing-army-in-the-world/#axzz6NhTHQYGe
This army's origin surprised me.
Article on this standing army:
https://www.ammoland.com/2015/08/largest-standing-army-in-the-world/#axzz6NhTHQYGe
This Army is over five times the size of the standing army in China, and nine times larger than the US Army! Pretty impressive since it is 100% Volunteers.
Fall hunting season is almost here and a fun annual topic of discussion around the campfires is always how large the U.S. population of hunters is?
And how does the number of U.S. hunters stack up against the largest standing armies in the world?
Much to the chagrin of anti-hunting forces across the USA, hunting numbers have remained steady over the last decade, even growing as more and more women get behind the gun and out in the field.
As more Citizens arm themselves to protect themselves from their government; these numbers will climb, as a direct result of that increase. Citizens, exercising their Second Amendment RIGHTS; purchased enough firearms to outfit the standing armies of China and Russia combined! The increase is Not small (over a Million a Month), and EVERY firearm in the hands of any US Citizen, increases our security.
People across the country are beginning to THINK, and that bodes well for the Republic! It also means that soon the liberals will become the zombies of recent film fame, as they begin starving as their policies crash the Republic.
If you add the 1.4 million regular Army, to the 12.7 million number of Hunters, not even including practicing Militia here; results in a standing army of over 14 Million!
The Militia is estimated at over a million, but some may be hunters , so there will be some cross overs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_organizations_in_the_United_States
As our Founding Father said:
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
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