<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Tactical Hermit]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[The Tactical Hermit]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com/author/thetacticalhermit/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Where have all the Rifleman&nbsp;Gone?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="5652" data-permalink="https://hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/where-have-all-the-rifleman-gone/colonial/" data-orig-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg" data-orig-size="276,182" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="colonial" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg?w=276" data-large-file="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg?w=276" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5652" src="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg?w=276&#038;h=182" alt="colonial" width="276" height="182" srcset="https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg 276w, https://hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/colonial.jpg?w=150&amp;h=99 150w" sizes="(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>“Make good scouts of yourselves. Become good rifle shots so that, when it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country, you can actually do it!”- </strong></em><strong>Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest. &#8211;</strong></em><strong> Declaration of the Continental Congress, July 1775.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>The Russian invasion of Finland in 1939 (“The Winter War”) gruesomely demonstrates the way a </strong><strong>small force of righteous and determined men,</strong><strong> armed only with rifles, can embarrassingly frustrate a much larger, even mechanized, force. Precise rifle fire from well-trained Operators, using guanine battle rifles, is still the deadliest force in warfare, even today! &#8211; </strong></em><strong>John Farnam</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">The <strong>DUTY</strong> of the responsible armed civilian since this country&#8217;s inception was to be a <strong>RIFLEMAN</strong> first, above all else. If you ask me, we have become a Nation way too obsessed with handguns. Let&#8217;s get back to our roots and put the priority back to becoming <strong>RIFLEMAN</strong> first; and a Handgunner second. Both are a highly perishable art form, so we need to do two things consistently: First, <strong>PRACTICE!</strong> Like Brad Pitt&#8217;s character <em>Aldo the Apache</em> said in Inglorious Bastards: &#8220;You know how you get to Carnegie Hall don&#8217;t ya??  Practice.&#8221; and Secondly, Support organizations that are ensuring this Rifleman legacy continues on to the next generation&#8230;Encourage people to Invest in America&#8217;s Rifle Legacy, and it&#8217;s Survival: Support and Get Involved with the <strong><a href="http://www.deathfromafar.com/info/AppleseedSwatArticle.pdf">Appleseed Project</a> </strong>and the<strong> <a href="http://thecmp.org/">NRA CMP</a>.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!</p>
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