“Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.” PeopleIfsMenChildrenWarGovernmentSchoolStrongCitiesCasesMilitaryObjectsDutyBearsCitizensFitAuthorityDevilDearObligationRulersRiflesSpearsStrong ManMilitary Service Author:Martin Luther
“We welcome the National Rifle Association here to Indianapolis. It's tens of thousands of freedom loving Americans. I was grateful to be able to speak to them and interact with them and I really do believe that the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms makes our communities more safe, not less safe.” BelieveAbleLawSpeakCommunityArmsBearsCitizensSafeGratefulWelcomeAssociationAbidingOur CommunityRiflesLaw Abiding CitizenIndianapolis Author:Mike Pence
“Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service.” GroupsCitizensMembersGunCriminalsAssociationPublic ServiceRifles Author:Woody Allen
“Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.... Pick up a rifle - a really good rifle - and if you know how to use it well, you change instantly from a mouse to a man, from a peon to a caballero, and - most significantly - from a subject to a citizen.” IfsKnowsMenWellsUseKnow HowSubjectsMankindCitizensWeaponsPicksRaisedQueensMiceMudRifles Author:Jeff Cooper
“The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!” IfsMenWorldShouldFirstsWellsMayMeanWarBodyAbleStepsClassTeachPracticeMilitaryGoes OnCitizensFitGunPreparationFirst StepsGun ControlMiscellaneousRiflesPro GunHandgunsAvertTime Goes OnMilitary ServiceAnti Gun Author:Theodore Roosevelt