Got this via email ....interesting. Anyone know if this is true or not?
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Woo-hoo!****
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Largest Armies****
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*True story and most people will never know it. *****
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* Here's an interesting side bar. *****
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*After the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, *****
*They could have sent their troop ships and carriers directly to
California ****
*****
*To finish what they started. *****
*The prediction from our Chief of Staff was we would not be able to stop a *****
*Massive invasion until they reached the Mississippi River . *****
*Remember, we had a 2 million man army and war ships.... *****
*All fighting the Germans. *****
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*So, why did they not invade? *****
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* After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked ****
that question. *****
*Their answer.... *****
*They know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how
to use ****
them.. *****
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*The world's largest army.... America 's hunters! *****
*I had never thought about this.... *****
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*A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of
states and ****
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*Arrived at a striking conclusion: *****
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*There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .. ****
*****
*Allow me to restate that number. *****
*Over the last several months, Wisconsin 's hunters became the eighth *****
*Largest army in the world. *****
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*More men under arms than in Iran .. *****
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*More than in France and Germany combined. *****
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*These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt *****
*With firearms, and no one was killed. *****
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*That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of *****
*Pennsylvania** and Michigan 's 700,000 hunters All of whom have now ****
returned home. *****
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*Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally *****
*Establishes the fact that the hunters of those _four states _alone *****
*Would comprise the largest army in the world. *****
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* The point? *****
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*America** will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of ****
home-grown firepower. *****
*Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. **It's a matter of ****
national security.** *****
* *****
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*That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, **want to see us ****
disarmed.** *****
* *****
* Food for thought when next we consider gun control. *****
---------------------------------------------------------
Woo-hoo!****
** **
** **
Largest Armies****
** **
** **
** **
*True story and most people will never know it. *****
** **
* Here's an interesting side bar. *****
** **
*After the Japanese decimated our fleet in Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941, *****
*They could have sent their troop ships and carriers directly to
California ****
*****
*To finish what they started. *****
*The prediction from our Chief of Staff was we would not be able to stop a *****
*Massive invasion until they reached the Mississippi River . *****
*Remember, we had a 2 million man army and war ships.... *****
*All fighting the Germans. *****
** **
*So, why did they not invade? *****
** **
* After the war, the remaining Japanese generals and admirals were asked ****
that question. *****
*Their answer.... *****
*They know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how
to use ****
them.. *****
** **
*The world's largest army.... America 's hunters! *****
*I had never thought about this.... *****
** **
** **
*A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of
states and ****
*****
*Arrived at a striking conclusion: *****
** **
** **
*There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .. ****
*****
*Allow me to restate that number. *****
*Over the last several months, Wisconsin 's hunters became the eighth *****
*Largest army in the world. *****
** **
*More men under arms than in Iran .. *****
** **
*More than in France and Germany combined. *****
** **
*These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt *****
*With firearms, and no one was killed. *****
** **
*That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of *****
*Pennsylvania** and Michigan 's 700,000 hunters All of whom have now ****
returned home. *****
** **
*Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally *****
*Establishes the fact that the hunters of those _four states _alone *****
*Would comprise the largest army in the world. *****
** **
* The point? *****
** **
*America** will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of ****
home-grown firepower. *****
*Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. **It's a matter of ****
national security.** *****
* *****
** **
*That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, **want to see us ****
disarmed.** *****
* *****
* Food for thought when next we consider gun control. *****