Green's Guns and Range    Marshall, Tx.

Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. King David of Israel , Psalm 144:1.

There is a lawyer attached to every bullet you fire in self defense.

We do not rise to the occasion. We fall to our level of training.

Slow is Smooth, and Smooth is Fast.

Superior gear will never make up for a lack of training or attitude.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

Only hits count. You can not miss fast enough to catch up.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. T. Roosevelt.

A helicopter is 6 million separate parts flying in the same direction in an unstable formation.

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. Job 29:15-17.

The muzzle end of a 45 pretty much says “Go Away!” in every language. Clint Smith.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. W. Churchill.

Do not confuse enthusiasm for capability.

When Abraham heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit… During the night Abraham divided his men to attack them and he routed them… He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people. Moses, Genesis 14:14-16.

We prepare so we don’t end up at the superdome.

The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

When you speak the truth, have one foot in the stirrup. John Wayne.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill

The time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself.

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm. George Orwell.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson.

If you show up for a fair fight, you are not prepared.

We all dream of a world of happiness and peace. The problem is that half of us think it would be a wonderful place to live. The other half think it would be a wonderful place to pillage.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer. T. Roosevelt.

Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be attributed to stupidity.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. T. Roosevelt

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. T. Roosevelt

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.  T. Roosevelt

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. T. Roosevelt

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. T. Roosevelt

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. T. Roosevelt

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. T. Roosevelt.

Every generation needs a new revolution. T. Jefferson.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. W. Churchill.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. W. Churchill.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. W. Churchill

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. W. Churchill.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. W. Churchill.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire. W. Churchill.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. W. Churchill.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. W. Churchill.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. W. Churchill.

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. W. Churchill.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. W. Churchill.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. W. Churchill.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. W. Churchill.

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. W. Churchill.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. W. Churchill.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. W. Churchill.

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. W. Churchill.

All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. Noah Webster

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. N. Webster.

It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the Bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion. N. Webster.

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. N. Webster.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. T. Roosevelt.

From Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch.  

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

"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."

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.

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

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

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

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.'

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

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.' 

'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-

If something looks too good to be true, I say you shoot it, just in case. Phoebe from Burn Notice.

Quote of the Week

I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. Job 29:15-17.