Worth Reading

[BOOM-BOOM]

This is the law: 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.

As John Steinbeck once said.

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

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

3 I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

5. 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 45?'. The Ranger responded with, 'Because they don't make a 46!'

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

7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?'
'NO Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'

8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!

Comments:
I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. To which I said I did. She said, 'well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!' To which I said, 'of course it's loaded, can't work without bullets..' She then asked, 'Are you that afraid of someone evil coming into your house?' My reply was, 'No not at all. I'm not afraid of the house catching on fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and THEY ARE ALL LOADED.'

Parting note: An unloaded gun ... is just a club.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I always thought that an unloaded gun was more like a rock.

My brother and I were in the Cascade mountains east of Eugene, Oregon and had just returned from taking a bath in one of the pocket lakes. In camp were two ladies in their 70s, who had hiked in from a place called Frog Camp trail head (5 miles one way), giving our horses attention. We talked with them for a bit and when the ladies started to leave one of them ask my brother why we carried side arms. His answer was...
1. To protect our horses from predators.
2. To protect ourselves from predators.
3. To insure no one bothered us.
4. And besides. It's the manly thing to do.
That got a chuckle from the ladies and they left happy...

 

[somerled]

Bushmaster, did you take some Missouri Fox Trotting horses to Oregon? They are fine trail horses. My folks go to the celebrations in Ava once or twice a year.

 

[The Bushmaster]

somerled (Some are led)(?)...I moved to Missouri in July of 2006. I had (died two weeks ago) a mountain trained Quarter horse. I now have two Foxtrotters. Mother and son. I live three miles from the Missouri Foxtrotter head quarters...Your folks may even know of my colts sire. Country Frank. 1999 World Grand Champion...In fact Zeus is 10 months old today...

 

[HadEmAll]

Excellent post BOOM-BOOM. Those are great lines.

I have a personal pet peeve about statement 8. I've seen it uttered for years on forum after forum:

"Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!"

I think it could equally be stated as:

"Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably hasn't shot it in years, and has let it rust into a state of inoperability"