A little math should help put things in perspective for those who are convinced that the gun owners of America can’t possibly stand up to the military might that is under the control of the federal government:
In November a record 2 million guns were sold in America. This was followed up by another record in December. 2.7 million guns were sold in America in the last month of 2012…. There are 2.29 active members in the Chinese Army. There are 1.13 active members in the Indian Army.
The U.S. Army has 561,984 active personnel. Keep in mind that 600,000 men armed with rifles were sufficient to dissuade the 16 million-strong German Heer from attacking Switzerland.
Are all of those 4.7 million new guns bought by people willing to kill in order to protect their God-given liberties? No. But many, perhaps even most, were. And that is why the current media drums being pounded for gun control are going to dwindle away to silence again soon.