Should Christians own guns?

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NayborBear

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IMHO opinion? Yes! And be proficient with it/them! Swords too! As well as Rocket Launchers, Howitzers, Tanks, Ships, Submarines, and Aircraft, as well! Oh Yeah! Drones too! There's just too many running around like so many rabid dogs these days, to incarcerate! Think it's called "Trump Derangement Syndrome!" And, this isn't even including radical jihadi's, or radical jihadi sympathizers! ;)

Both "groups" figure they are "screening" for each other, in their war against Israel, and Christianity! :cautious:
 
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Gman said:
I agree with you but in days to come if you can't find bullets won't the gun become useless?
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6. “What’s the efficacy of banning these magazine clips? I will tell you… these are ammunition, they’re bullets. So the people who have those now, they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.” – Diana DeGette - Representative 1st District Colorado - **More Like This, Unfortunately


January 1, 2018: Background Checks to Buy Ammo in California!
December 19, 2017 By Stephen Frank


Business Insider How About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn't Say Anything About Those...
Henry Blodget
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1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Isn't there an old middle eastern custom that says the head of the house is responsible for the safety of the people inside?

How would you protect the people in your home against a person with a gun if you don't have a gun?

Do you just pray for them?

James 2:15-17
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
 
Gman

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SaintMichaels said:
6. “What’s the efficacy of banning these magazine clips? I will tell you… these are ammunition, they’re bullets. So the people who have those now, they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.” – Diana DeGette - Representative 1st District Colorado - **More Like This, Unfortunately


January 1, 2018: Background Checks to Buy Ammo in California!
December 19, 2017 By Stephen Frank


Business Insider How About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn't Say Anything About Those...
Henry Blodget
Dec. 24, 2012

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Yeah that's the way they try to circumvent our rights :)
 
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SaintMichaels

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Gman said:
Yeah that's the way they try to circumvent our rights :)
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Only if we let them while they're in office trying to do that. And only if we're foolish enough to re-elect them so they can try and try again.

The Constitution is a contract that protects we the people from the government. The second amendment, as with the first, and others, is an unalienable right! Not privilege. Right.
The way a country remains free from tyranny is when the people are armed so as to defend against a government that always is.
 
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SpoonJuly

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Gman said:
I agree with you but in days to come if you can't find bullets won't the gun become useless?
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Can't find bullets? Everyone I know who owns guns have a few extra.;)
 
Latour

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Only true Christians should own guns. I would give all guns to Mother Theresa type people. That way nobody would get hurt.
 
CS1

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Gman said:
I was meditating on the passage in Luke I believe, where the Lord said that if someone did not have a sword, that they should sell their cloak and buy one because He is sending us as sheep among wolves... And what the Lord showed me or caused me to realize, is that, He did not say if someone did not have a weapon but was very specific in saying "Sword". So my question is: should Christians own guns? And even if it's ok to own a gun, is it not better to own a sword? The reason is, a gun is only useful as long as you have bullets and the mechanism works, where as a sword does not require ammo and a sword is useful for many things not just self defense. I would like to know what you guys think.
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Context,

Peter did have a sword he was told not to live by it.

David had a sling, Shepard’s have staffs, Priest's had knives, Samson had a jawbones of an ass. Paul had Roman citizenship , and Americans have the second Amendment. The Law of the land .
yes Christian can have a gun, car, knife, house etc...
 
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Fyi....the shot heard around the world... as it was called that started the revolutionary War was by a pastor in Boston mass.
 
HealthAndHappiness

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Cranberry said:
My phone shut down after I clicked on the video link in post 30. This is a Fox News link with a video.

Canada bans more assault firearms, suggests donating guns to Ukraine
Canada will also implement stricter border security efforts to restrict illegal firearms from entering
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Are you sure that link wasn't CNN?

I think an alfabeta male agency that doesn't like Canadians to have access to unauthorized hardware hacked your phone. The hosers.

The platform is banned.tv or Infowars, I forget. The broadcaster is World Alternative Media, who was arrested by Trudeau for speaking truth without his royal permission. The article title is MASS GUN CONFISCATION! - Canadian Government Disarming Public & Sending Guns To Ukraine!
 
TMS

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I agree that we need to trust in the Lord above any worldly weapon, The Lord will and can send angels to protect us.
But for practical reasons in the right environment a gun is sometimes needed.. On a farm with animals, david had a slign to protect the sheep.
 
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joaniemarie said:
For sure some people should not have guns.... I'm not one of them. I used to shoot for sport but now I have it handy for when I might need it. Ammo is not a problem since I don't use it enough to matter anymore.

I like and totally agree with what St.Michaels said... " I'd rather own guns and not need them than need guns and not have them. "
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I agree, and the same is true regarding the military. Jesus never condemned soldiering (no Scripture), and Paul commended governments that punished evil doers (RM 13:1-5).
 
Hakawaka

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They can own guns, its equivalent to owning a sword in the past.

I don't own any as its not a norm in my country.
 
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GWH

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Hakawaka said:
They can own guns, its equivalent to owning a sword in the past.

I don't own any as its not a norm in my country.
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Do you pay for your country to own guns? If so, then I guess you could say that you own a share of your country's guns. :^)
 
Tall_Timbers

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In The USA the right to own firearms is embedded in our Constitution. As stated upstream, it is not a privilege that can be taken away, it is a right. The number one reason for owning firearms is for protection against a tyrannical govmint. There are a hundred more reasons but that is number one. So yes, Christians may own firearms, and frankly, it is a good idea, IMO.
 
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In my fifty yrs of owning several guns I've never seen my fire arms commit a crime.
It's the person who's finger is on the trigger that does.
We can't pray away evil. Nor does our examples of Christianity prevent evil and it's practice.
I don't condone violence of any sort but in some cases it is justified. Death or physical harm has always been a great deturant.
Some people you just can't reach.
It's a sad sad situation when one has to resort to violence but it's also a fact of life.
 
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HealthAndHappiness said:
Are you sure that link wasn't CNN?

I think an alfabeta male agency that doesn't like Canadians to have access to unauthorized hardware hacked your phone. The hosers.

The platform is banned.tv or Infowars, I forget. The broadcaster is World Alternative Media, who was arrested by Trudeau for speaking truth without his royal permission. The article title is MASS GUN CONFISCATION! - Canadian Government Disarming Public & Sending Guns To Ukraine!
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I'm certain it wasn't CNN. This was the URL in your link.
https://www.banned.video/watch?id=675f5c6313ea08736fd11b4c
 
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