Good Advice

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Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is a drill instructor
(Thunder Ranch is a firearms training facility in Arizona ).



Here are a few of his observation on tactics, firearms, self
defense and life as we know it in the civilized world.

"The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and
cheat if necessary."

"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.."

"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You
may get killed with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with
it, cause it's going to be empty."

"If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not
loadin', you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your
head off and put it on a stick."

"When you reload in low light encounters, don't put your
flashlight in your back pocket.. If you light yourself up, you'll look like
an angel or the tooth fairy... and you're gonna be one of 'em pretty soon."

"Do something It may be wrong, but do something."

"Shoot what's available, as long as it's available, until
something else becomes available."

"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's
ridiculous. If you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid
for."

"Don't shoot fast, unless you also shoot good.."

"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think
will work, but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head
is pretty much the universal language."

"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems.. How
long you live depends on how well you do it."

"You cannot save the planet but you may be able to save
yourself and your family."

"Thunder Ranch will be here as long as you'll have us or
until someone makes us go away, and either way, it will be exciting."

More Excellent Gun Wisdom.......

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible
victory in defense.. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill
is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is
supplemental.

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to
fight, he'll just kill you.

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas
Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying
and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they
don't make a 46.'

6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous
regularity.


7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady
commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol.
Are you expecting trouble?' 'No ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would
have brought my rifle.'

8. Beware of the man who only ha s one gun, because he
probably knows how to use it very well.

'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in
front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

A people that values its privileges above its principles will
soon lose both.

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those
who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson

     

[KySongDog]

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