By Marko Kloos
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.
http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/why-the-gun-is-civilization/
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This excellent essay was allegedly plagiarized and attributed to one "Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret.)" and sub-titled "An armed society is a polite society."
http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/major-caudill-hits-the-big-time/
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2009/05/the_mythical_ma.php