04-14-2018, 08:12 PM
Sticks Wrote:Please show me your math.No can do. I mentally added the number of 18-45 males, then divided that by the total number of males and females.
It came out to a little under 18%, which I bumped up to 20% because it was, as I a said, a quick and dirty calculation.
Sticks Wrote:You are also using current numbers? Baby boomers starting to die off - that is a hit to the numbers.Perhaps. But, I doubt the percentage would've strayed greatly over the years. I'd be surprised if it ever got up to 25%.
In any case, don't get hung up on the 20% figure. The point is that the militia was never ALL of the people, just a few.