To: dynachrome
in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. That’s a personal evaluation only. But gunfighting has a strong biological use. We do not have enough things that kill off the weak and the stupid these days. But to stay alive as an armed citizen a man has to be either quick with his wits or with his hands, preferably both. It’s a good thing.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
62 posted on
07/22/2016 5:12:10 PM PDT by
itsLUCKY2B
(?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
To: itsLUCKY2B
in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. That’s a personal evaluation only. But gunfighting has a strong biological use. We do not have enough things that kill off the weak and the stupid these days. But to stay alive as an armed citizen a man has to be either quick with his wits or with his hands, preferably both. It’s a good thing. Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
I am a huge Heinlein fan. Is he the original source of the quote? If he is my admiration just went up a notch.
69 posted on
07/22/2016 5:36:24 PM PDT by
WMarshal
(Trump 2016)
To: itsLUCKY2B
I agree with Mr. Heinlein. Getting people to understand it is another thing now a days.
71 posted on
07/22/2016 5:59:39 PM PDT by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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