Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.
Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.
when guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns.
Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.
violence is an evil thing, but when the guns are all in the hands of the men without respect for human rights, then men are really in trouble.
The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.