And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Looked familiar, then I noticed the "P 38K". Same as the P 38, the "K" stands for "kurz", the German word for "short".
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it's not all that accurate with that itsy-bitsy barrel. Still looks cool.
Just stick it in the bad guy's belly and start shooting. Maybe the Germans meant "Kurz" for close quarter wet work!
DeleteAs in "making short work of one's opponent", perhaps.
DeleteI just love the lines of that little pistol. Well designed indeed.
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