[Mariner]

140,000 men in Iraq to stablize a nation of 17mil. Saddam made sure most didn't have weapons.

How many to contain 320mil people over the vast majority of North America...in possesion of over 300million firearms?

How many would choose not shoot at their brothers?

How many would join the "disorder" and bring their weapons with them?

Truth be told, NO US Commander or Politician knows the answer to these questions.

That's why they'll never test the outcome. This article is little more than drivel for the leftist/statist crowd to fanticize over.

[KellyM37]

How many to contain 320mil people over the vast majority of North America...in possession of over 300million firearms? I think 300 million firearms is a huge conservative number. I think in reality it's MUCH more. For every registered firearm there are probably 10 that are not. Handmade, purchased prior to needing registration, old military that could be purchased in army surplus stores years ago, collections handed down, inherited. I read that ammo is sold out almost everywhere so I went online and looked. Almost every site, AR 15 AK 47 GONE. Bulk of 1000 seems to be the biggest seller. Doesn't matter how many weapons you have if you run our of ammo and I think they are well stocked up by now. God forbid it would ever come to that, but you never know. With our open borders, I think everyone should have at least one for self defense.

[El Gato]

140,000 men in Iraq to stablize a nation of 17mil. Saddam made sure most didn't have weapons.

Quite the opposite. They had so many and they were so well dispersed that even the US military authorities pretty had to allow them to keep at least the light stuff, like AK-47s for selft defense against the real crazies from outside the country.

One AK allowed per head of household. Sorta like Switzerland. Meanwhile Saddam and the Republican Guard left large caches of heavier weapons, explosives, etc all over the place.

[panthermom]

I agree with you.