“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
– George Washington
I now carry a pocket pistol instead of a side arm. My reasons are simple:
-I should be able to get out of any bad situation with 12 rounds (including a magazine exchange).
-I can carry without dressing like I’m carrying
-I can carry and no one knows, and thus less likely to try and separate me from my weapon
-A well placed shot from a 380 is just as lethal as any other round.
“To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.”
– Ted Nugent