That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.

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

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

No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking.

The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.

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.

Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.