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Being "Reasonable"

10/07/2024

Clint

"I tried being reasonable... I didn't like it."  - attributed to Clint Eastwood

The beginnings of this business have been simple and unassuming.  In the process, I've followed a straightforward course, dotted my i's and crossed by t's. Every step, every consultation, every permit and license, every account that was needed, was sought and obtained.  Along the way, I was told by some that I wasn't being reasonable, or that what I was doing shouldn't be done was "complex."  Naturally, I've tried being reasonable, and doing what people want me to do, but that only works up to a point.  If you want to take on the endeavors that are associated with a business, especially a business that is regulated strictly, or a business that some people don't want to exist, you simply have to do what it takes to get it going, understand what it will take to keep it going (as a legal endeavor), and just do it.  

So this business is about to be started, and in a few short days I'll be taking orders (from customers who are interested in ammunition and accessories, that is).  

Along the way I also will be working in some benefits for local partners that work with me directly (not only the distributors who I am already a dealer for), for some 2nd Amendment friendly organizations, and further down the road I aspire to support other beneficial organizations and projects.  

I look forward to helping you all.  

- Colin Gallagher, Gallagher Ammunition (CA Ammunition Vendor)

"Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world." - from Dokkodo, by Miyamoto Musashi

是故百戰百勝,非善之善者也;不戰而屈人之兵,善之善者也。 "For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill." - from Chapter III · Strategic Attack, The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (孫子, 孫武, 曹操)

"When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It is like water overflowing and exists within itself. It appears appropriately when facing a time of need." - Takuan Soto, The Unfettered Mind

"Put strength into your practice, and avoid conceit. It is easy enough to understand a strategy and guard against it after the matter has already been settled, but the reason an opponent becomes defeated is because they didn't learn of it ahead of time. This is the nature of secret matters. That which is kept hidden is what we call the Flower." - Zeami Motokiyo, 1418 (Fūshikaden)
“The first thing required is to discard any desire to turn swordsmanship into… a matter of mere accomplishment. (…) (O)ne is not to think of achieving victory over the opponent.” – Odagiri Sekiei (Muji-Shin-Jen ryū [Sword of No-Abiding Mind])