Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.

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.

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

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.

I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since you have it at hand to meet situations that you do not anticipate. If you have the luxury of anticipating a lethal encounter, you pick up a long arm, either a rifle or a shotgun, but in that case you go on to the attack. Thus rifle shooting is offensive, and pistol shooting is defensive. Of course, life does not always duplicate theory, and there are exceptions to everything, but nevertheless the rifle is not a defensive weapon in concept.