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As long as I can remember. Whether it was bullies in school or street criminals when I was older, I knew that I needed to defend myself. The authority figures (teachers in school, police on the streets) could not guarantee my safety and were there more often to clean up afterward instead of preventing the attack. When thugs strike we are on our own.

However, it was only in recent weeks that I have become concerned that the authority figures may be a more dangerous threat than the criminals. Between the incessant lies about gun smuggling, the rollback of civil rights in national parks, and the DHS attempts to vilify the good guys, it looks like the writing is on the wall. My concealed carry pistol and home defense shotgun are no longer enough. I need a rifle, preferably an AR of some sort, to help resist the biggest threat to Texas liberty since Santa Anna.


"Say to Mr. Poinsett that it is very true that I threw up my cap for liberty with great ardor, and perfect sincerity, but very soon found the folly of it. A hundred years to come my people will not be fit for liberty. They do not know what it is, unenlightened as they are, and under the influence of a Catholic clergy, a despotism is the proper government for them, but there is no reason why it should not be a wise and virtuous one."
- General Antonio López de Santa Anna