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]
Category Archives: Quote of the Day
Quote of the day–Fayette County (Ga.) Board of Health
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]
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
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
Quote of the day–Alfred Korzybski
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]
Quote of the day–George H. Smith
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]
Quote of the day–Mark Twain
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain
Quote of the day–Alexander Hamilton
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.
Alexander Hamilton
Quote of the day–Larry Keane
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:
- In many jurisdictions using a weapons will mean you serve more time in jail when you get caught.
- Committing a crime using something that looks like gun is the universal sign for “shoot me” (masked men with guns are always targets).
- Using a BB gun means you have all the disadvantages of using a gun without the advantage of real force multiplier.
–Joe]
Quote of the day–Timothy Dwight
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
Quote of the day–Joe Huffman
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]
Quote of the day–The Gun Guys
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]
Quote of the day–Groucho Marx
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]
Quote of the day–Senator Soaper
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]
Quote of the day–Patrick V. Murphy
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]
Quote of the day–Peter McArthur
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]
Quote of the day–John Lott
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
Quote of the day–Robert Bork
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.
Quote of the day–Robert Heinlein
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
Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton
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
Quote of the day–James Harlacher
There is no “scourge of illegal guns” in New York City.
Being a police officer is inherently dangerous, and it is wrong to pretend that infringing on the constitutional rights of citizens will eliminate all the dangers associated with the job.
This is nothing more than a disgraceful attempt by Bloomberg to use the tragic deaths of two police officers to advance his irrational political agenda.
If he really wants to help the city, he can start by ending the scourge of eminent-domain abuse.
James Harlacher
Brooklyn
New York Post January 4, 2006