Agreed. When you look at the military it's pretty funny. You mainly see multi generation enlistees. Dad's dad's dad's dad and everyone else since served. That's something like 1-2% of the population in uniform at any given time. 1% of the population taking the risks, making the sacrifices. It's not right.
With our freedoms come responsibilities and I for one think the common defense is at the top of that list. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > I actually think that mandatory military service would solve a lot of > issues. We take too much for granted. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > [email protected] > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:22 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or > something? > > > Btw, I wouldn't have nearly the problem if we had a rigorous and continuous > education system for firearms ownership and use. Something akin to a > marshal > arts training academy where you not only learn how to fight but when to > fight, how to engage and (most importantly) how and when to walk away. > > It would also be different if we had a mandatory military service period, > ala Israel, that required rigorous training in firearms safety and > engagement. If we really want a commonly armed citizenry, we ought to do > away with the volunteer military and establish a mandatory service period > with appropriate training. I've gone back and forth of the wisdom of such > an > approach. It's something I'm still mulling over and can see the pros and > cons of. > > Judah > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
