"Those of us who have seen violent death……" — Massad Ayoob

Those of us who have seen violent death up close, who have… - Massad Ayoob

"Those of us who have seen violent death up close, who have seen what high-powered bullets can do to living human tissue, have a horror of inflicting that nightmarish, never forgotten damage on a fellow human being. Perhaps the only more terrifying prospect is that such a fate should befall us or our loved ones. This is why we, a representative cross-section of America's population, keep deadly weapons for personal defense."

— Massad Ayoob

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