Nomen Nescio ] writes:

From: "Paul Sengupta"

As for what's happened since WWII, I think you'll find people
didn't have guns in the house back then either. But you'll find the
British forces are just as good as they ever were.

Which basically means that if they get in trouble again (like WW
II), they'll have to beg us "gun toting Americans" to save their
asses, again.

I'm as supportive as pretty much anyone of gun rights and self-defense
(I'm an NRA certified instructor for basic pistol and personal
protection in the home and an aacfi certified instructor for Minnesota
carry, and I have a Minnesota carry permit), but I really don't see
that our ability to own guns privately had much of anything to do with
our ability to fight in WWII. That was mostly our industrial capacity
-- and the fact that our productive areas were out of reach of both
opponents didn't hurt any either.

Anecdotally, I hear the army found it easier to teach people to shoot
who *didn't* have previous experience; they didn't have anything to
unlearn.
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