...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.

In a lifetime among cops since, I've noted that investigators who piece together the aftermaths of home invasion murders tend to keep their guns on all the time after that, even when off duty in their own house, and keep them by the bed when they go to sleep.They have learned from the helplessly-murdered dead

The 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.

My own idea of a $5,500 .45 auto is a used Volkswagon with a Glock 30 in the glove box.

The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer him that is more palatable than his genuine belief that if he dies fighting you, he will be greatly rewarded in afterlife. Only swift and extreme force can stop him.

Dr. 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 man’s life include some reflection on the importance of the Second Amendment.

A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.