Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.

According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his ability to ride, shoot straight, and speak the truth. Perhaps we should now grant our college degrees to young men who measure up to that standard.

We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys (particularly the ninja) one is wise to shoot for the head. That statement has got a whole bunch of journalists and commentators bleeding from the nose. One wonders why it should. Where else should you shoot a man if he is probably wearing an armored vest? If you decide to shoot you have made the big decision. Where you place your shot is merely a technical matter.

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

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

The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.

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