Paul,
If I ignore you, be assured it’s nothing personal.

Foxy,
Do give us your valued opinion on civilians being given guns to fight aggressors..

Or do you feel that painted in corner looming?

Ahh, ttbn you have touched on a fundamental of the human species.
It is for men to protect the women and children as they encapsulate the future.
If the women stay, then the men while dealing with the enemy will be
worrying about what is happening with their women and children.
When it really comes to the crunch as in Ukraine thats when woke goes
out the window with all the other trendy rubbish.
When the army enlistment people see a trans woman, do you think they
will let him go with the women ?
All that rubbish is then seen for what it is, just nonsense.

And as a similar threat from China looms over us, it’s time that we started to train a huge army of riflemen so that when the time comes our people will be trained and armed.
No mucking about at the last minute.
General conscription and part time training from 18 t0 60 and at least one day a month at the range.

Is Mise, then for those 61 & over training for operations like the
resistance in France in ww2.

Riflemen. What about riflewomen.

China has just threatened any country that offers military help to Taiwan.