Quote:The militia was armed by the public, without their guns we would not have had a chance, there was no real central government to to supply arms.
They were still organized and - occasionally - trained although not really effectively. The idea that some bunch of assholes came running with their hunting rifles and shotguns to defeat the British Army is Hollywood horseshit at its worst.
You suggested in your original answer to Nappy that the mere thought that a bunch of idiots with rifles would stop a foreign power from invading. A bunch of shitheads with rifles are out of their league against tanks, attack helicopters, and artillery.
If the army and navy can't stop them we're in deep shit.
