Know What Is Behind You,

Anyone Who Willfully And Maliciously Attacks Another Without Sufficient Cause Jeopardize The Lives Of Others.

We Are Somewhat Amused By The Hysteria Manifest In The Press At The Suggestion By Gordon Liddy That If One Is Menaced By Bad Guys (particularly The Ninja) One Is Wise To Shoot For The Head. That Statement Has Got A Whole Bunch Of Journalists And Commentators Bleeding From The Nose. One Wonders Why It Should. Where Else Should You Shoot A Man If He Is Probably Wearing An Armored Vest? If You Decide To Shoot You Have Made The Big Decision. Where You Place Your Shot Is Merely A Technical Matter.

If It Is Ever Your Misfortune To Be Attacked, Alertness Will Have Given You A Little Warning, Decisiveness Will Have Given You A Proper Course To Pursue, And If That Course Is To Counterattack, Carry It Out With Everything You've Got! Be Indignant. Be Angry. Be Aggressive.

If You Don't Understand Weapons You Don't Understand Fighting. If You Don't Understand Fighting You Don't Understand War. If You Don't Understand War You Don't Understand History. And If You Don't Understand History You Might As Well Live With Your Head In A Sack.

I Am Sometimes Perplexed By People Who Refer To Defensive Rifles, Or Defensive Rifle Shooting. The Defensive Arm Is The Pistol, Since You Have It At Hand To Meet Situations That You Do Not Anticipate. If You Have The Luxury Of Anticipating A Lethal Encounter, You Pick Up A Long Arm, Either A Rifle Or A Shotgun, But In That Case You Go On To The Attack. Thus Rifle Shooting Is Offensive, And Pistol Shooting Is Defensive. Of Course, Life Does Not Always Duplicate Theory, And There Are Exceptions To Everything, But Nevertheless The Rifle Is Not A Defensive Weapon In Concept.