Don't Try To Be Fancy.

One Correspondent, Who Is Into Psychology, Notes That In His Experience People Who Are Hoplophobes Are Nearly Always Nutty In Other Ways, Too. Hoplophobia [fear Of Guns], Of Course, Is Not Simply An Attitude But Rather An Aberration In Which The Sufferer Clings To An Idea Which He Himself Knows To Be Unsound, Such As The Idea That Inanimate Instruments Have A Will Of Their Own Or That Lawbreakers Abide By The Law.

A Fine Marksman Is With A Second Rate Rifle Is Far More Effective Than The Reverse.

According To Herodotus, The Ancient Persians Felt That What Was Necessary In The Background Of A Young Man Entering Adulthood Was His Ability To Ride, Shoot Straight, And Speak The Truth. Perhaps We Should Now Grant Our College Degrees To Young Men Who Measure Up To That Standard.

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.

Never Assume That Simply Having A Gun Makes You A Marksman. You Are No More Armed Because You Are Wearing A Pistol Than You Are A Musician Because You Own A Guitar.