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Quotes from Tools For Survival — James Wesley Rawles

born 1960 United States

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Guns are like parachutes: if you don’t have one when you need it, then chances are that you won’t ever be in need of one again.

Tools For Survival (2009)

A recurring theme in western journalism, academia, and collectivist politics is the quaint notion that firearms are intrinsically evil. That is, that they have a will of their own, that somehow inspires their owners to murder and mayhem. I liken this nonsensical belief to voodoo.

Tools For Survival (2009)

The Second Amendment is about protecting your right to go deer hunting the same way that the First Amendment is about protecting your right to publish poetry.

Tools For Survival (2009)

Here it is, in quintessence: You are either a man with a gun, or you are mere human cattle for the slaughter. The choice is yours. I prefer to be armed and vigilant rather than being at the mercy of some would-be slave master. There is no notch in my ear.

Tools For Survival (2009)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Wesley Rawles (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.