Owning a handgun doesn’t make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.
The media insist that crime is the major concern of the American Public today. In this connection they generally push the point that a disarmed society would be a crime-free society. They will not accept the truth that if you take all the guns off the street you still will have a crime problem, whereas if you take the criminals off the street you cannot have a gun problem.
Want to stop drunk drivers from killing sober drivers? Ban sober drivers from driving. That’s how gun conrol works.