It isn’t the weapon that’s the dangerous part of any equation.  It’s the person holding it.

I am not dangerous because I carry a gun.  Not to the standard, every-day, law-abiding schmuck.

I am dangerous to those who think that I am prey.  Because I am not, and have never been.

–Heroditus Huxley, “It’s Not The Weapon”

 

I think my way of saying it is “I may not always have my gun, but I am never unarmed”, or “I’m a peaceful man, but if you raise a hand to me or mine, I will take off your whole arm”.