Its always been like that as long as its been a volunteer service. Look how large the Army was in the 1820's etc. It was less than 1%. Its only been in the last 70 years that its gone beyond that percent.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:34 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:354126 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
