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| | * My father often told me, “It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it.” I urge readers to use less than lethal means when safe and practicable, but at times there is not a satisfactory substitute for well-aimed lead going down range at high velocity.<ref name="Plume 2009, p. 12">How to Survive The End of the World as We Know It, Plume (Division of Penguin Books), New York, 2009, p. 12.</ref> | | * My father often told me, “It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it.” I urge readers to use less than lethal means when safe and practicable, but at times there is not a satisfactory substitute for well-aimed lead going down range at high velocity.<ref name="Plume 2009, p. 12">How to Survive The End of the World as We Know It, Plume (Division of Penguin Books), New York, 2009, p. 12.</ref> |
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| − | * It is one of the great ironies of our modern 'civilized' era that in most of the places where you don't feel the need to carry a firearm for self defense you can legally do so if you choose. But in most of places where you do indeed justifiably feel the immediate need to carry a gun, they are banned.<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/2006/10/the_memsahibs_quote_of_the_day_4.html</ref> | + | * It is one of the great ironies of our modern 'civilized' era that in most of the places where you don't feel the need to carry a firearm for self-defense you can legally do so if you choose. But in most of places where you do indeed justifiably feel the immediate need to carry a gun, they are banned.<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/2006/10/the_memsahibs_quote_of_the_day_4.html</ref> |
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| | * With a few exceptions, lower population [density] means fewer problems [for survivalist retreats]. When the Schumer Hits the Fan, there will be a mass exodus from the cities. Think of it as an army that is spreading out across a battlefield: The wider they are spread, the less effective they are. The inverse-square law hasn’t been repealed.<ref name="Plume 2009, p. 12"/> | | * With a few exceptions, lower population [density] means fewer problems [for survivalist retreats]. When the Schumer Hits the Fan, there will be a mass exodus from the cities. Think of it as an army that is spreading out across a battlefield: The wider they are spread, the less effective they are. The inverse-square law hasn’t been repealed.<ref name="Plume 2009, p. 12"/> |
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