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I am a passionate proponent of the rifle, preferably in .30 caliber, although there are many fine rifles chambered for cartridges in ~.20 and .45 caliber. Suitable for defense, assaults, executions, bayonet charges and all nature of related activities. Some might say the pistol is more sophisticated, and they might be right, but nevertheless every man of worth should be able to handle almost any rifle with proficiency.
Of course, if I were asked to say which instrument was most effective in smashing outdated class structures and dismantling governments which have outlived their purpose, I would have no choice but to say the pen, the printing press and the telecommunications networks. Without these tools, any kind of significant social change is simply unlikely to occur.