Southern military representation

[Donald McElfresh <a0019874@airmail.net>]

As I remember, and the comments date back to the Civil War, the
Northerners are typical urban dwellers and the Southerners are typically
rural dwellers. Those from the rural areas have more exposure to hunting
and use of weapons than those in the cities. Obviously, there have been
a lot of Yankee hunters, but not proportionaltely so. This exposure also
extended to Southern cavalry during the Civil War. I'm from Chicago and
learned about weapons in my high school ROTC (1946-48) before I went to
Boot Camp (I had top shooting scores in my company) in February 1949.
However, most Yankees at that time weren't that familiar with weapons
(Springfield, Garand, carbine, grease gun and .45).  Of course times are
different now, now many city kids "cut their teeth" on weapons, for the
wrong reasons.

Also, at present I think you would have to separate the Eastern
Southerners, from the Western Southerns, due to urbanization and
interstate relocations in the west. However, my brother-in-law and his
grandsons are rednecks from Oklahoma, and can outshoot just about
anybody I've seen lately.

Don