We are bombarded with anti-gun propaganda in our schools, on TV, in newspapers. I don’t blame people for their fear of guns – propaganda works. But the fear we are taught to have is a terrible cowardice that is beaten into us.
There should be a snub-nose revolver in every purse in America. Every would-be rapist should tremble, knowing that he is more likely to get a .38 in his chest, than to impose his will on a woman. There should be a rifle in every closet in America. Every man should be ready and willing to defend himself, his family, his community, and his country.
No rational rapist will target a woman known to have a revolver. No rational robber will target a house known to have a rifle.
Every nation in the world should quake at the thought of invading the United States, not because of the might of our military, but because of the will of the people, ready to defend their own freedom. If every nation in the world were thus prepared, the risk of defeat for any invading force would be grave indeed.
No rational nation would risk war with another nation so well armed.
And no rational government would dare even a single step towards tyranny – the people would quickly remind the government that it derives its just power from the consent of the governed.
I do not make the silly assumption that a well armed nation is some sort of utopia. Evil people will still attempt to force their will on others. Nations will indeed invade one another. There is evil, and there is crazy in us. And each individual should have the ability to defend themselves against it.