thought for the day

[m24]

Following abstract taken from Jeff Cooper commentaries, Chapter four:

Give me a gun,
That's a stout hearted gun,
That sounds off with a soul−stirring roar.

Give me just one,
That's a stout hearted gun,
And I'll soon show you trophies galore, O!

(If it) has a good trigger,
I'll need nothing bigger,
As I load up and step to the fore.

Then, I'll show you man's best friend,
And I'll not ask for more.
One stout hearted gun
Can serve its master evermore.

Regards

[nagarifle]

"The gun control extremist has at least two things in common with the Islamic extremist. He has a willingness to die for his fundamental beliefs. And he has the sanctimony to demand that others go with him."
- Dr. Mike Adams

[nagarifle]

"I'd much rather go to my grave never needing my gun, than go there wishing I had it."
- Phil Dalmolin

[nagarifle]

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom."
- John F. Kennedy

[nagarifle]

"An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity."
Clint Smith

[nagarifle]

"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
- James Earl Jones

[nagarifle]

Doctors vs. Gun Owners

(A) # of U.S. physicians ~ 700,000
Accidental deaths by physicians/year ~ 120,000
Deaths/physician ~ 0.171
(Courtesy of U.S. DHHS)

(B) # of U.S. gun owners ~ 80 million
Accidental gun deaths/year (total) ~ 1,500
Deaths/gun owner ~ 0.0000188
(Courtesy of FBI)

So, doctors are ~ 9,000 x
more dangerous than gun owners.

[m24]

"Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting my tongue out because I might yell `Fire!' in a crowded theater."

-- Peter Venetoklis

[m24]

"False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes."

-- Cesare Beccaria, as quoted by Thomas Jefferson's Commonplace book

[m24]

"As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives [only] moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion to your walks."

-- Thomas Jefferson, writing to his teenaged nephew.

[nagarifle]

"The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!"
– President Theodore Roosevelt

[nagarifle]

"As a card-carrying member of the liberal media, producing this piece was an eye opening experience. I have to admit that I saw guns as inherently evil, violence begets violence, and so on. I have learned, however, that in trained hands, just the presence of a gun can be a real "man stopper." I am sorry that women have had to resort to this, but wishing it wasn't so won't make it any safer out there."

- Jill Fieldstein (CBS producer, Street Stories: Women and Guns)

[nagarifle]

"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. ... the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible."
- Sen. Hubert Hump..

[m24]

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"

-- George Washington

[nagarifle]

"Make good scouts of yourselves, become good rifle shots so that if it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country that you can do it."
- Lord Baden-Powell, Scouting For Boys