Yep - Texas has it right about everything......yawn - even getting rid of mandatory mask wearing in the middle of a pandemic.
Plenty of us are used to gun culture - it is ingrained from day 1 in the military and shooting all manner of weapons from helicopters is best left to professionals.
Unlike other countries, in the US firearms skills are not the exclusive domain of the military or law enforcement. In the US there are a great many civilians with more individual weapons training and experience than armed "professionals". Millions of law-abiding civilians in the US walk around all day, ever day with their handguns on their person, fully loaded, ready for use, with near zero problems. A tremendous amount of civilian ammo goes down range, far more than the military uses, every year, again with near zero problems.
I get the need to control the hog population and understand the efficiency of using helicopters - but what is the justification for the use of assault rifles when a number of other options might work too. Or can't they shoot straight in Texas?
Quite simply it is the best tool for the job. Such weapons represent an optimum mix of size, weight, ballistics, rate of fire and ergonomics. That is why militaries use them to kill their enemies, and why they are also the best choice for killing hogs in an efficient manner, and a whole host of other defensive and offensive applications. BTW, anyone who tells you that they are "fun to shoot" or "easy to shoot", and a bunch of other fluffy stuff like that is just dancing around the point, which is that they are among the most efficient weapons devised by man, and therefore quite often the best tool for the job.
Finally, crab, you have no idea if any of those hunters have not already, or aren't currently, serving their country. To say things about that is just trolling for trouble, a habit of yours when people express ideas you don't agree with.