Bret needs to be human, a civilian. Not a super duper paratrooper. Because the back drop of the story and the series is an invasion along side a second American Civil War for us Bret being a civilian brings so much more weight to his character than say and ex-Green Beret.
A veteran Green Beret in our example above has been taught, trained, refined in the furnace of combat. If not combat then very rigorous training, being held to a very high standard. He’s considered the best of the best. (If you like SEALs then substitute GB with SEAL.)
They’re government property and our government has probably invested millions in creating them. They are the tip of the spear.
The civilian soldier, the modern day minuteman i.e.. Bret Gordon, must take his own time, and money to invest in not only himself FOR himself but for his family, his friends, his community, his state and lastly his country.
Yes a “mere” civilian can become a force to reckon with and in our minds at the Reason, he or she should. The average civilian should own and learn to use an AR15 or similar semi-auto weapon system and train with it and be allowed to train with it in a multitude of scenarios.
Why? Because a citizen army will scare the pants off of any potential invader as well as scare our own government from encroaching to far into our rights.
Like the (unsubstantiated quote) warning from the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto during WWII, “You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.” That warning should still apply today, so if someone would decide to invade or some one in our own government thought it a good idea to be the next King George. We could promptly take care of the situation and send them packing.
Why do you think we’re a country of coffee drinkers?
Our government is suppose to be working for us, not we (the people) here for them to get rich on. Sorry but not sorry, guns level the playing field and they know that.
It’s “We the People.” “Not we the government.”
We should never give up something so dear and precious as our own personal rights and those same rights that apply to the next U.S. citizen, even those we don’t agree with. Ever.
“I’d rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.” ~Euripides
Lastly, “Molon Labe (Come and take them).” ~ King Leonidas I of Sparta to King Xerxes I of Persia, Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
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