Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumSome of my...
...personal favorite quotes on guns and the RKBA. Please add your own.
2Lt Geoghegan: I know that God has a plan for me, I just hope it's to help protect orphans, not make any.
LtC Moore: I think you oughta get yourself an M-16.
Sgt Mjr Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.
Admiral Yamamoto: You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.
The Dalai Lama: If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
Yuri Orlov: The first and most important rule of gun-running is: Never get shot with your own merchandise.
Larry Elder: A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.
George Mason: To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.
Thomas Jefferson: No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Patrick Henry: The people have a right to keep and bear arms.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)How about you deputy? Is that gun just for show or do you get to shoot people?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Trench: I need a gun, something big... yours!
Reasonable_Argument
(881 posts)Sgt Mjr Plumley: Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground.
"We were soldiers once and young" was a good movie.
"But I'm a non-combatant! Ain't no such thing today boy".
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...turned 90 this past February. His wife, Julia, died a few years back. Good people.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...that many military spouses are special people. There are many like Julia Moore, Hal's wife, that are heart and soul as much a part of the service as their spouses. For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Ladies
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/anc-lady.htm
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)3rd priority right of way - USPS tractor trailer, the mail must get through
2nd priority right of way - US military convoy, the troops must get through
1st priority right of way - incoming arty
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...from a movie with plenty of gunfire, is the closing scene of the Getaway from 1972 with Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and Slim Pickens.
Vaya con Dios.
Berserker
(3,419 posts)"Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!"
"An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity."
"A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'"
"When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away."
"I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy."
"The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."
"You cannot save the planet. You may be able to save yourself and your family."
"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems. How long you live depends on how well you do it."
"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."
"Don't shoot fast, shoot good."
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid for."
"If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin, you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick."
"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but he's gonna have to beat me to death with it, cause it's gonna be empty."
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
"Every time I teach a class, I discover I don't know something."
"The two most important rules in a gunfight are: always cheat and always win."
"The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)"If you are the last one standing, breathing, and not bleeding too much, then you are the winner.
However, standing is optional."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)DWC
(911 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Off topic but interesting; the motto Semper Fidelis can be traced back to Coats of Arms in Ireland (Lynch family) and Scotland (Steuart family) as early as the 13th century.
The Marine Corp traces its founding on 10 November 1775 to the Tun Tavern which was located in my hometown of Philadelphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern
CokeMachine
(1,018 posts)I've heard many of those but not in a long while. Thank You!!
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I'm no hero. I was just trying to get that babbling **** off my lawn!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...really love that scene. I just can't understand how you could be shot that many times at such close range and take that long to fall down. The miracle of Hollywood.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)When I whet my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance upon mine enemies, and I will repay those who haze me. Oh, Lord, raise me to Thy right hand and count me among Thy saints.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was, but the gun shoots death, and purifies the Earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth ... and kill!
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... a good use for my Brain Slug
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)oneshooter
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...a favorite of most.
trouble.smith
(374 posts)Christian Slater in Heathers (but probably originated with Ze'ev Jabotinsk, the founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization).
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...to t-shirts:
"You can get more with a gun and a kind word than with a kind word alone."
Off topic and irrelevant but still a fave:
"I'd rather have Lockheed deliver the mail than ride around in a plane built by the post office."
Trunk Monkey
(950 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Thanks for the update.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington, builder of Arlington House.
http://arlingtoncemetery.net/gwpcusti.htm