Remember: once you have ascertained that you are dealing with hostile intruders, the staircase becomes a free-fire zone.
Massad AyoobA basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.
Massad AyoobThe way to reason with a predator is to make it aware that it can live in a cage, or it can die, but it can no longer prey upon us.
Massad Ayoob...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.
Massad AyoobThose of us who have seen violent death up close, who have seen what high-powered bullets can do to living human tissue, have a horror of inflicting that nightmarish, never forgotten damage on a fellow human being. Perhaps the only more terrifying prospect is that such a fate should befall us or our loved ones. This is why we, a representative cross-section of America's population, keep deadly weapons for personal defense.
Massad AyoobDr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a permit to carry a gun was denied by the 'may issue' white power structure (Democrat) in that time and place. Let the holiday that celebrates this manโs life include some reflection on the importance of the Second Amendment.
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