http://www.tcunation.com/forum/topics/what-good-can-a-handgun-do?xg_source=activity
Posted on FR before, worth doing again. Why every single person should own firearms. And be willing to use them.
Are we going to stand around doing nothing when Hussein's Brown shirts start coming for our neighbors? Make no mistake, Napolitano and her minions are apparently being groomed as the new Brown Shirts.
Who was the WWII soldier that walked into an island jungle with a .45 and managed to cripple a significant part of the Japanese imperial military?
I have this debate every single year with my high school Government classes. Sometimes I give them the long version as can be found in the site given here. Sometimes I give them the doctrine I was taught to me by my friends in special forces (I was but a lowly straight leg infantry lieutenant and later a tank officer -- but I had some BAD A$$ED buddies!)
It's called "TRADE UP." If I have a rock or a knife, I can GET a handgun. If I have a handgun I can GET a rifle. If I have a rifle I can GET something BELT FED. Or a TANK or several of each. In such ways are armies equipped. Live off the enemy for food, weapons and other supplies.