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Let’s send our gun-packing watercooler warriors to fight ISIS
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In these dangerous times, it’s good to know America has a secret army that is armed, ready and able to serve — even if they don’t know it yet.
Official data show that there are an estimated 40 million U.S. gun owners who are of military age, and who could be drafted and sent to fight ISIS in Syria or elsewhere.
The Census Bureau says we have about 125 million people between ages 20 and 50, and the best estimates are that about one person in three in America is armed. Even if half of those were drafted and sent to Syria, that would constitute an overwhelming force of at least 20 million people.
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