I was going to get a gun or a taser or something. I was going to do something to protect myself.

I read in self-defense.

Great way to fight a war - be prepared to defend yourself for winning.

Self-defence is nature's eldest law

They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.

I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense.

as his self-defenses seemed to indicate. When the younger employee

I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some part of my mind shut off and my training and discipline took over. I did what I had to do.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

for I determined that if Death came he should find me ready

Not a dancer but a wrestler: waiting, poised, dug in, for sudden assaults.

When I was younger, I was preparing for war. I knew that somewhere out there, another man was also preparing. That man was my enemy. He was working, training, planning and preparing to meet me on the battlefield. I didn’t know when. I didn’t know where. But I knew that at some point: we would meet. And I wanted to be ready. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally.

So I trained. And I prepared. And I did everything I could to be ready for that day. When I became a leader I took pains to prepare my men in the same way: brutally and without mercy so we could fight brutally and without mercy. And then that day came. We met the enemy on the battlefield. We fought, and we won.

He took his time strapping on his customized armor and loading his weapon magazines, rifle, pistol, and assorted knives. For him, preparing for battle was a divine ritual, a blessing and sacrifice to the Holy Ones. He intended to show his devotion by expunging as many of the enemy as he could.