The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.

If you must use your hands, use them with all the strength you possess... If you choose to strike, by all means strike hard.

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.

The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

What are we going to do if citizens are disarmed, and the government doesn't obey its own laws?

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.