It's A Matter Of Will. If You

Now How Do We Cultivate An Aggressive Response? I Think The Answer Is Indignation... Your Response, If Attacked, Must Not Be Fear, It Must Be Anger.

The Proliferation Of State Concealed Carry Laws Has Evidently Reduced The Rate Of Violent Street Crime To A Considerable Extent. When The Goblins Do Not Know Who Is Armed And Who Is Not, Their Professional Enthusiasm Declines. Now That Britain Has Made Sure (insofar As Any Law Can So Insure) That Everybody Is Disarmed, The Streets Arem Given Back To The Bad Kid With The Baseball Bat. We Hope They Are Satisfied.

I Am Sometimes Perplexed By People Who Refer To Defensive Rifles, Or Defensive Rifle Shooting. The Defensive Arm Is The Pistol, Since You Have It At Hand To Meet Situations That You Do Not Anticipate. If You Have The Luxury Of Anticipating A Lethal Encounter, You Pick Up A Long Arm, Either A Rifle Or A Shotgun, But In That Case You Go On To The Attack. Thus Rifle Shooting Is Offensive, And Pistol Shooting Is Defensive. Of Course, Life Does Not Always Duplicate Theory, And There Are Exceptions To Everything, But Nevertheless The Rifle Is Not A Defensive Weapon In Concept.

The Rifle Is A Weapon. Let There Be No Mistake About That. It Is A Tool Of Power, And Thus Dependent Completely Upon The Moral Stature Of Its User. It Is Equally Useful In Securing Meat For The Table, Destroying Group Enemies On The Battlefield, And Resisting Tyranny. In Fact, It Is The Only Means Of Resisting Tyranny, Since A Citizenry Armed With Rifles Simply Cannot Be Tyrannized.

Observe Your Cat. It Is Difficult To Surprise Him. Why? Naturally His Superior Hearing Is Part Of The Answer, But Not All Of It. He Moves Well, Using His Senses Fully. He Is Not Preoccupied With Irrelevancies. He's Not Thinking About His Job Or His Image Or His Income Tax. He Is Putting First Things First, Principally His Physical Security. Do Likewise.