Know What Is Behind You, And Pay

Bushido Is All Very Well In Its Way, But It Is No Match For A 30-06.

Personal Weapons Are What Raised Mankind Out Of The Mud, And The Rifle Is The Queen Of Personal Weapons. The Possession Of A Good Rifle, As Well As The Skill To Use It Well, Truly Makes A Man The Monarch Of All He Surveys. It Realizes The Ancient Dream Of The Jovian Thunderbolt, And As Such It Is The Embodiment Of Personal Power. For This Reason It Exercises A Curious Influence Over The Minds Of Most Men, And In Its Best Examples It Constitutes An Object Of Affection Unmatched By Any Other Inanimate Object.

'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.

[t]he Only Thing The United States Government Ever Did About Slavery Was To Abolish It. Perhaps That Was A Mistake, But I Do Not Feel Inclined To Apologize For It.

One Cannot Legislate The Maniacs Off The Street... These Maniacs Can Only Be Shut Down By An Armed Citizenry. Indeed Bad Things Can Happen In Nations Where The Citizenry Is Armed, But Not As Bad As Those Which Seem To Be Threatening Our Disarmed Citizenry In This Country At This Time.