He has erected a multitude of New Offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
Listing the abuses of King George III
[Sound like any government you know in present day?–Joe]
And that’s the difference between Mr. B and myself. He shakes his head in bafflement, I resume sharpening the M4 bayonet while crooning “Soon, soon, my precioussss…”
Kim du Toit
January 24, 2006
[I can relate to that–in so many ways.–Joe]
It is our duty to protect the citizens of Fayette County, even those that don’t want to be protected.
Comment by a member of the Fayette County (Ga.) Board of Health
During a meeting on a proposed smoking ban.
[The socialist mindset. Does their constitution even allow them to have a “Board of Health”? –Joe]
I have been criticized by referring to our federal masked men as “ninja,” when in the view of the critic the traditional role of the ninja in Japan was to fight against oppression and tyranny. Let us note that almost no one ever resorts to force and violence unless he is convinced that his cause is right, but without going into that let us reflect upon the fact that a man who covers his face shows reason to be ashamed of what he is doing. A man who takes it upon himself to shed blood while concealing his identity is a revolting perversion of the warrior ethic.
It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.
Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 2, No. 16
20 December 1994
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
Alfred Korzybski
[I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. It’s not been
pleasant. Details later when I get my mind around it all.–Joe]
It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how comfortable or sacred that falsehood may appear. Anyone who claims, on the one hand, that he is concerned with human welfare, and who demands, on the other hand, that man must suspend or renounce the use of his reason, is contradicting himself. There can be no knowledge of what is good for man apart from knowledge of reality and human nature-and there is no manner in which this knowledge can be acquired except through reason. To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life.
George H. Smith
From: Atheism: The Case Against God
[I regard gun control and socialism as religions. They are faith based and ignore factual data. Understanding the psychology of religiosity is useful in understanding the psychology of the anti-freedom crowd.–Joe]
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
Alexander Hamilton
It’s monumentally stupid to use a weapon to commit any crime. It takes a special class of stupidity to do so with a BB gun.
Larry Keane
Legal counsel to the National Shooting Sports Foundation in Newtown, Conn.
USA Today January 15, 2006
[For the clueless I’ll spell this out. After all, with a weapon you would think you would get better victim compliance. The disadvantages are:
–Joe]
The difficulty here has been to persuade the citizens to keep arms, not to prevent them from being employed for violent purposes.
Timothy Dwight
1752-1817
Travels in New England
Crime “prevention” is a very hot button for me. There is no limit to the evil that can be justified and/or enabled once you accept the premise that it is acceptable to prevent crime by restricting liberty.
Joe Huffman
December 3, 1998 6:53 PM
Microsoft Gun Club Public Folder
[In response to yesterdays Quote of the Day by the “Gun Guys.”–Joe]
What we really need to pass are laws that act before the crime has taken place– stop dealers from selling weapons without consequence to criminals. Outlaw weapons that have no civilian needs, like assault weapons or the .50 caliber sniper rifle. Shut down the newspaper and gun show loopholes. Those laws are the ones that will prevent violence. You can lock up all the criminals you want, but that won’t stop crime, because everyone we know in jail committed their crime before they got there.
The Gun Guys
January 13, 2006
[Excellent thinking. We can also prevent drunk driving by banning alcohol, reckless driving by banning cars, rape by castrating all men, prostitution by…–Joe]
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and then applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx
[The Washington State Legislature is in session again.–Joe]
Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management.
Senator Soaper
[Except under McCain-Feingold.–Joe]
We are at the point in time and terror where nothing short of a
strong uniform policy of domestic disarmament will alleviate the danger
which is crystal clear and perilously present. Let us take the
guns away from the people. Exemptions should be limited to the
military, the police, and those licensed for good and sufficient
reasons.
Patrick V. Murphy
Former NYC Police Commissioner
Handgun Control Inc. spokesman
December 7, 1970
During testimony to the National Association of Citizens Crime Commissions
[For those who say, “No one wants to take your guns away.”–Joe]
There are some men who get more satisfaction out of their ignorance than most learned men get out of their knowledge.
Peter McArthur
[Most gun control advocates ignorantly attempt to take the high moral ground with their more “enlightened” approach. They propose vague alternatives to firearms such “conflict resolution”, “crime prevention”, and do “studies” so filled with holes that most people would fall on the floor laughing if there weren’t people quoting it as unassailable truth. They ignore the one question that needs to be answered and they denounce their opposition as “red-necked, knuckle dragging Neanderthals”.–Joe]
Even for politicians, hard facts must eventually matter. If they can’t see that gun control laws have failed to deliver as promised, it’s hard to know when facts will make a difference.
John Lott
January 9, 2006
Gun Control Lessons for Bloomberg
The New York Sun
The judge’s authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law and not his personal values. That is why the American public accepts the decisions of its courts, accepts even decisions that nullify the laws a majority of the electorate or their representatives voted for.
Robert Bork
Opening statement at 1987 Senate hearings to become associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Of all the strange “crimes” that human beings have legislated out of nothing, “blasphemy” is the most amazing–with “obscenity” and “indecent exposure” fighting it out for second and third place.
Robert Heinlein
In some areas of the country showing someone your middle finger is the universal hand signal for “shoot me”. If you are carrying a gun and give such a hand signal you likely to be held at fault if the shooting does start. If you choose to carry, you will be held to a higher standard of behavior than those that don’t.
Greg Hamilton
Self Defense Instructor
Nov. 19, 1995