Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Because this right [of self-defense] cannot be effectively exercised with bare hands, the right to keep and bear arms is the only efficient way to secure the fundamental right of self-defense.” ~ Robert Dowlut General Counsel for the National Rifle AssociationSource: Arms: A Right to Self-Defense Against Criminals and Despots, 8 Stanford L. & Pol'y Rev. 25 (1997).