I seem to recall (though I may be confusing him with another writer on the topic, though I cannot imagine who it might have been) that he mused if people met the midnight knockers with swords, bludgeons, pitchforks, and the fury of Hell, that might make the secret police less enthusiastic in their occupation.
It is one of the reasons I think it a wise practice to own an 1886 Winchester rifle chambered in .45-70 Government. That was a rifle used to take down bison on the high plains. And bear. Probably, if you hit the right part on the engine, you could "kill" an automobile. And a government agent in body armor would still be knocked down and maybe put out of action. And I have nothing against an 1895 Winchester chambered in .405 Winchester, which Teddy Roosevelt used to take down water buffalo and lions in his safari hunts.
Something about timidly hiding in their homes, hoping that they werent next, when the knocks began.
I took that as a warning.
I seem to recall (though I may be confusing him with another writer on the topic, though I cannot imagine who it might have been) that he mused if people met the midnight knockers with swords, bludgeons, pitchforks, and the fury of Hell, that might make the secret police less enthusiastic in their occupation.
It is one of the reasons I think it a wise practice to own an 1886 Winchester rifle chambered in .45-70 Government. That was a rifle used to take down bison on the high plains. And bear. Probably, if you hit the right part on the engine, you could "kill" an automobile. And a government agent in body armor would still be knocked down and maybe put out of action. And I have nothing against an 1895 Winchester chambered in .405 Winchester, which Teddy Roosevelt used to take down water buffalo and lions in his safari hunts.