Quotes for the day

Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old to fight, he'll just kill you. (Fair warning to my readers: I'm too old to fight. Never liked it, especially the few times I did get into one, but I'm way past that now. While I won't provoke a fight, and I'll walk away from one if I can, push hard enough and I will shoot you. And I shoot pretty well, too.)

An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

When seconds matter, the cops are just minutes away.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

I carry a gun, because a cop is too heavy.

I would rather be your friend, but if you are not interested in that, I am prepared to be a capable and efficient enemy.

Jeff Cooper

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.

John Steinbeck

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 forty five?" The Ranger responded: "Because they don't make a forty six."
They do, of course, and all the way up to a fifty, but 'why spoil the beauty of the thing with reality'?
(That's a quote from The Wind and the Lion, one of my favorite movies, in case you didn't recognize it. The John Huston character, as I recall.)

The old sheriff was attending a dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm: "Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?"
The old sheriff shook his head: "No, ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle."

Rico says: all true.