Byron, 30% of the population is quite a bit in tdays terms that would be 90 million ppl our military has what, 3 million servicemen/women?
Continuing with the revolution we stole cannons(we did own some but not very many) from the british, which is what could happen again.
The American Revolution is a bad example, as with supply lines of the time and Britian involved all over the world. The british just decided we werent worth it(some brilliant victories like saratoga also played a part) Remember at this time they owned a good chunk of the Known world(and tried to take us back in 1812)
I think a better analogy would be the American Civil War, where most of the confederates supplied their own weapons/ or siezed goverment aresnals just before the war broke out.
My statement about lever actions meant that the ppl would get modern equipment ASAP. I also explicitly stated that I dont think we should be restricted to lever guns.
In any civil war most ppl play the middle esp. after the first few yrs. Anyway, If it ever came to that I'm sure it would be more like the Phillipines ca 1899-1902 then VA in 1863
Continuing with the revolution we stole cannons(we did own some but not very many) from the british, which is what could happen again.
The American Revolution is a bad example, as with supply lines of the time and Britian involved all over the world. The british just decided we werent worth it(some brilliant victories like saratoga also played a part) Remember at this time they owned a good chunk of the Known world(and tried to take us back in 1812)
I think a better analogy would be the American Civil War, where most of the confederates supplied their own weapons/ or siezed goverment aresnals just before the war broke out.
My statement about lever actions meant that the ppl would get modern equipment ASAP. I also explicitly stated that I dont think we should be restricted to lever guns.
In any civil war most ppl play the middle esp. after the first few yrs. Anyway, If it ever came to that I'm sure it would be more like the Phillipines ca 1899-1902 then VA in 1863