Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.... Pick up a rifle - a really good rifle - and if you know how to use it well, you change instantly from a mouse to a man, from a peon to a caballero, and - most significantly - from a subject to a citizen.

If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the mood of the times.

All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution to become part of the "well-regulated" militia, specifically to understand and perform well with the individual weapon currently issued to the regular establishment. . . . Thus one who has not qualified himself with the M-16 may not be considered to be a responsible citizen.

Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.

Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.