Bushido is all very well in its way, but it is no match for a 30-06.

In all history the only bright rays cutting the gloom of oppression have come from men who would rather get hurt than give in.

Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar.

The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truly makes a man the monarch of all he surveys. It realizes the ancient dream of the Jovian thunderbolt, and as such it is the embodiment of personal power. For this reason it exercises a curious influence over the minds of most men, and in its best examples it constitutes an object of affection unmatched by any other inanimate object.

There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.