Don't Try To Be Fancy. Shoot For

Weapons Compound Man's Power To Achieve; They Amplify The Capabilities Of Both The Good Man And The Bad, And To Exactly The Same Degree, Having No Will Of Their Own. Thus We Must Regard Them As Servants, Not Masters - And Good Servants To Good Men. Without Them, Man Is Diminished, And His Opportunities To Fulfill His Destiny Are Lessened. An Unarmed Man Can Only Flee From Evil, And Evil Is Not Overcome By Fleeing From It.

The Media Insist That Crime Is The Major Concern Of The American Public Today. In This Connection They Generally Push The Point That A Disarmed Society Would Be A Crime-free Society. They Will Not Accept The Truth That If You Take All The Guns Off The Street You Still Will Have A Crime Problem, Whereas If You Take The Criminals Off The Street You Cannot Have A Gun Problem.

Personal Weapons Are What Raised Mankind Out Of The Mud, And The Rifle Is The Queen Of Personal Weapons.... Pick Up A Rifle - A Really Good Rifle - And If You Know How To Use It Well, You Change Instantly From A Mouse To A Man, From A Peon To A Caballero, And - Most Significantly - From A Subject To A Citizen.

I Have Long Had A Tendency To Tie Marksmanship To Morality. The Essence Of Good Marksmanship Is Self-control, And Self-control Is The Essence Of Good Citizenship. It Is Too Easy To Say That A Good Shot Is Automatically A Good Man, But It Would Be Equally Incorrect To Ignore The Connection.

'heroism' Is Not The Same As Coping. A Man Who Does His Job Properly And Succeeds Through His Own Efforts Is Definitely To Be Commended, But He Is Not A Hero In The Classic Sense Until He Deliberately Lays His Life On The Line For A Cause He Deems To Be Greater Than Himself.