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.

Most governments are designed to protect the government from the people, whereas the United States government was organized to protect the people from the government.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.

One of the notable aspects of the democratic process is that one need not know anything about a subject in order to pass laws about it.

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

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.