I have a few originals:
My answer to pierce Morgan's question why do you need an assault rifle..."To hit what I'm shooting at"
Next time your out with your AR15 and someone says "why do you want a military styled weapon" say "It's not a military styled weapon, It's a peace rifle. The military got kinder and gentler and took up civilian arms".
Someone told me "your crazy if you think there are any odds in your favor being armed with your rifles would stop the military from crushing you."
I told him "the odds of 20 year old 160 pound kid in prison stopping a gang from stomping him down is Just as unlikely.
Being dangerous regarding self defense and defense of others has not so much to do with being able to defeat all your enemies and a great deal to do with making them say F%^$ this S&^% [cl."
We didn't have enough Missiles or powerful enough warheads to keep Russia and China from stomping us a new mudhole but what we had did a pretty good job of making them not want to try it.
Capable citizens bearing arms is no guaranty of an ability to checkmate evil.
But it is mutually assured destruction.
And we know that among rational parties who have self interest this works
When the little people have no means of stopping those who would do them harm they can still make it so expensive they would not try.
And I wrapped it up with "Government is not some mythical creature from an island of talking lizards. Government is people. sometimes we are a part of it...
they are people that live with us, that have families, that want the same things we do. regardless how devoutly they believe it might be their place to direct your affairs they are doing what they do for a paycheck so they can enjoy their life.
Cops don't go around breaking in doors unless it;s really necessary because they know there is a risk one of these times there is going to be a shooter that's defending his home.
If this risk did not exist there would be no potential for strong negative consequences leaving only the officers morals as a deterrent against breaking into everyone's house to see if they are "bad people">
Moral deterrents only deter moral people.
But the animals among us?
No
However
Even the corrupt and insane want to live and don't want to feel pain.
In the civilized world a gentleman treats another gentleman he is in dispute with as a gentleman
But he treats a dangerous animal like a dangerous animal
So you can turn the strawman around on these gun ban whackoes
"Why are you so worried about banning weapons to keep good people from getting hurt by other good people when violence is the ONLY deterrent respected by the bad people?"
In the absence of any controlling legal authority you cannot rely on the corrupt to police themselves.
I was failing English bad. My last 18 months of high school I had to take triple English classes to get enough credits to graduate.
I learned a lot more than I would have.
One of the simpler things I remember is how to decipher the meaning of a sentence by asking it questions "who what where when why and how"
I learned that in English it is possible you can phrase any statement in such a way it cannot be misinterpreted or could only be misinterpreted by gross illiteracy.
My history teachers told me the 2nd amendment was a malformed hodge podge of ideas.
My English teacher told me the reason it seems confusing is because I lack the literacy to read it correctly.
Because of this I came up with the saying "A lot more of what you think you know as relative is actually black and white...it only appears grey because your vision is out of focus".
On to the second:
Asking it the questions of who what where when why and how, the following arises from the phrase...
The second amendment whether you believe the militia represents the standing army or the citizenry...
It does not answer the question who is the militia but this is unnecessary. the militia is not the primary benefactor of the 2nd amendment.
The citizen is the primary benefactor of the 2nd because in it's purpose it sets a restriction against infringing the free person's rights.
the benefit of this law is for the people
WHO? who benefits? for whom is this law written to protect?
WHY? the reason for this law is because a militia is necessary, and regulating the militia is necessary to the security of a free state.
For the purpose of the 2nd it is not important who constitutes the militia
It is the militia that is intended to be regulated; Why does it need to be regulated and why does there need to be a militia?
For the security of a free state; To what degree?
WELL REGULATED... that means an effective check. not a mild influence or a beggarly grievance procedure but the effective means to arrest and regulate any offense of institution against the laws of the land.
The power to bring the elect and those they employ to trial if necessary
How is the 2nd amendment check to power or regulation of the Militia to be accomplished?
By the people being secure in their rights to keep and bear arms sufficient to regulate both the volunteer militia, the mercenaries or the standing army.
The reason for the second amendment still standing is not because the founding fathers hollared it out so loud and with so much power that government simply has been unable to break it.
No!
It still stands because we like it, and we believe in it, because we respect those who came before us who believed in it and because the people who will come after us might not just believe in it but might need it to save some lives or to save all life on earth.
300 million rifles could not end life on earth but they can prevent the wrong guy with the wrong gadget or experiments, or industrial process from ending all life on earth.
and mostly it still stands because every time a public servant has approached the second amendment to mess with it...they have observed in their minds eye the cycling of the bolt and the sound of the brass entering the breech of a gun they are not holding.
