Maya Angelou - I do like to have guns around. ...

I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.

Maya Angelou

American Poet

Born: Apr 4, 1928

Died: May 28, 2014

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