Regardless Of What We Think We Know

The Purpose Of The Pistol Is To Stop A Fight That Somebody Else Has Started, Almost Always At Very Short Range.

We Are Fully Justified In Valuing The Life And Person Of An Intended Victim More Highly Than The Life Of A Pernicious Assailant. The Attacker Must Be Stopped. At Once And Completely.

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.

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.

[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.