Don't give a give me a quote, instead share what you really know.
[Help. I forget whom shared that... ]

The reality is, much knowledge has been passed down, and continues to be, and we quote these things to survive threats.

Please share yours, allow me to start off with:

The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government.

That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.” – Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries, Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1994

“The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair.” — Col. Jeff Cooper, GUNS & AMMO, January 2002

Yes, again today I was "unfair", due to environment, the gun was a NAA 1 1/8" mini-revolver.

Mentors shared: " It ain't cheatin' instead ingenuity.

alone

From my signature:

"Of course I carry a gun!  It gives me a chance against the sinners and protection from the righteous."

Truth be told, I'm a complete sucker for quotes, so this thread is right up my alley. Who is the author of your quote, scarville? I've looked it up before, but it just brings me to we the armed and your Sig line.

Don't order fish at a steakhouse.

Don't upset a woman who handles your food or knows where you sleep.

When a woman asks how old you think she looks, the correct answer is always '23'.

When a woman asks how old you think she looks, the correct answer is always '23'.

Unless she's only 22.   

 "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

                                                                Mark Twain

 "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."

                                                                Mark Twain

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."

                                                                 Daniel Webster

"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars!"

                                                                  Elbert Hubbard

Truth be told, I'm a complete sucker for quotes, so this thread is right up my alley. Who is the author of your quote, scarville? I've looked it up before, but it just brings me to we the armed and your Sig line.

That's because it is -- AFAIK -- an original line.

Some oldies :

Respice, adspice, prospice.      Look to the past, look to the present, look to the future.   

Sic semper tyrannis.        Thus always to tyrants.

Stultorum est timere quod vitare non potes.     "It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid."    ( Publius Syrus )

“Never mistake activity for achievement.”
John Wooden

"Courage is not the lack of fear, it is acting in spite of it." — Mark Twain

I’ve discovered that forgiveness is not a checkbox. I’d been working for three years with checkboxes. But true forgiveness isn’t a step; it’s a process.”
But with the Lord near us, we’ll be alright. Without him we’ll break, but with him we’ll break through.”
Ashlee Birk

Sic semper tyrannis.        Thus always to tyrants.

Or, as some Virginians out at the Hillbilly end would translate it: get your foot off my neck.

Winning is a foregone conclusion. If you have prepared with passion.

                                                   Fred Hatfield Ph.D


A man might be more athletically gifted than you. He may be stronger, faster or smarter. You have no control over these things. The ONLY thing you have absolute control over is IF he has outworked you.

                                                Coach Price

Relax... Take your time... You have the rest of your life to reload in a firefight.

                                        Unknown

"You only get one death. Make it a good one."
-Either Dead Six or Swords of Exodus. I believe either Hawk said it, or else Val attributed it to Hawk, but I can't for the life of me remember.

"We're all gonna die, die standing up!"
-Jed Eckert, Red Dawn (1984)

Had a rather heated conversation with a loved one regarding why I carry a gun. The conversation was sparked by a report that ISIS had made credible threats against shopping malls in the U.S. Since we live within spitting distance of one of the largest malls in the country, this was of particular concern to me. I noted that I was going to order a new, better holster (done) and start carrying my gun regularly. My family member didn't understand this: in their opinion, my little pistol would be no match for a bunch of fanatics with suicide bombs and assault weapons (their words), and ISIS will probably take over the country anyway, so I shouldn't bother carrying.

They're right, at least partly: if I find myself stuck in a terrorist attack, or an active-shooter situation, there's a good chance that I will die. But I refuse to die begging for mercy, or drowning in my own blood as some fanatic saws my head off with a rusty machete. If I die, I'm going to die fighting.

Get there firstest with the mostest.  - General Nathan Bedford Forrest

    Strategy is the great work of the organisation. In situation of life and death, it is the Way of survival or extinction. Its study cannot be neglected. - Sun Tzu