Another shooting. Defending the indefensible.

I was just using Russia as an example, not that they would even care to. I did see an article about a study on the wild dogs of Chernobyl though. There didn't seem to be anything especially interesting about them. They have been roaming around within the off-limit zone for years and they are found in no altered state of extraordinary cellular something something...
Perhaps the flash of light seen from the east to the west, which is suggestive of every corner of the earth, is actually God personally splitting individual atoms as He sees fit and when He sees it to be fitting. But I'm not worrying, because I know He counts every hair on my head and can keep each strand intact, along with every atom within me, in any circumstance, just as He did for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Sure, no need to worry unless you are an unbeliever or a carnal Christian. Most animals have a relatively short life span. The effects of residual radiation can take decades to appear.

So you believe that a man defending his family is a lack of trust in the Lord?

Are you a Brethren, Quaker or of a denomination that is if pacifist teaching?

A bit of paper is little use when it can be used to oppress as well as help. There also needs to be a bill of responsibilities. For example, your universities shut down conservative speakers while the demonic woke mob are free to near riot against anyone who dares challenge them. Free speech as long as you agree with the mob. It was nothing like that the first time I visited in 1994. When I came again in 2016, it was like a different country.

Look to your own country.

If they disarmed your citizens, they gave you the right to be enslaved by your government that is armed to the teeth.

And you think you have a hope against your own national guard or other armed government agency? Dream on.

No, I'm ex military. I lock my doors and bar the gate to my yard. I do not keep a loaded gun under my pillow. My wife and I pray regularly for protection. We've had one incident in 20 years in our street. The teenager skipped our house and went into every other yard before the cops came.

The locked gate and the barking dog deterred him. Is it OK to shoot an unruly kid whose parents failed to raise him correctly? I'd rather not have to make that decision. God shows us what we should do. He takes care of the rest.

Check the statistics. Guns cause far more problems than they solve. If the knife carrying psychos here had access to guns, it would make the Dillinger era look like a Sunday School outing.

There are Mennonite and Brethren friends that are hard core pacifists. I am against war, but disagree with them on self defense. We have had civil conversations. I still like and appreciate them. Some day they will possibly call for help to protect them from mobs of looters and gangs of armed travelling bands of marauders.

I don't dispute that the Lord protected you and your wife. God uses dogs for good sometimes. Those are but one layer of security. By your reasoning, however, relying on a barking dog is putting your trust in a dog rather than in God. There are always threats around. However, why should I give up my more powerful weapons when your weapon is a yapper?

A loaded gun under a pillow is an extremely dangerous place to put a weapon and is irresponsible, so I would never do it. Your comment does bring to mind an example.
I was attacked at night in Texas while in Rem sleep by three stronger opponents who tried to murder me while unconscious. The LORD protected me in spite of the fact that they targeted me personally.
He gave me a blessing of an opportunity to use in battle a skill set He taught me. Some motivated individuals in US military seek such extra training from the private sector.
God kept me in a surprisingly calm state of mind throughout that battle. He provided the choice to take their lives or to spare them.
I chose to show mercy, tempered with the promise of hell.
They were shown enough to know that they would die right there with any additional provocation. I was not a preacher, but I preached to them the most intense hellfire and damnation sermon.

I have a dozen other examples of God's protection with and without me taking weapons to bear.

Read Judges 18. There's an example of a wicked city that wanted to gang rape the man who was staying at a bed and breakfast.
The man sent his concubine out to be raped in his place. That wasn't an example of how God wants us to behave in the midst of a threat. That's a negative example of how bad things got there.
There's absolutely Nothing in God's Word against that man had he killed each and every sodomite forcing their way into that house, so to defend his and the other family.
That's not a constitutional right. It's a God Given responsibility and DUTY of a man.

No, I'm ex military. I lock my doors and bar the gate to my yard. I do not keep a loaded gun under my pillow. My wife and I pray regularly for protection. We've had one incident in 20 years in our street. The teenager skipped our house and went into every other yard before the cops came.

The locked gate and the barking dog deterred him. Is it OK to shoot an unruly kid whose parents failed to raise him correctly? I'd rather not have to make that decision. God shows us what we should do. He takes care of the rest.

Did those who you described as assailants breaking into your home go to prison?

The context of this thread is a person who shot and killed three nine year olds and three adults. I would not describe this person as "unruly" but rather as a wolf trying to kill the sheep.

The question is if it is OK to shoot a predator trying to kill the sheep you are there to protect?

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/202...g-at-christian-elementary-school-in-nashville

Some still think it's wrong to control the number and type of guns that civilians can own. How many dead kids does it take for some common sense to prevail?

"[...] the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." If gun control actually worked, you wouldn't have all these false flag mass shootings occurring in "gun-free" zones.

But while you're talking about banning things, let's start by banning transvestites. These people need some serious mental help, or be locked up in gaol, for the safety of society. At the very least, the banning of incitement to violence which is all too common among transvestites (and the confiscation of the wealth of those who sponsor transvestite terrorism) would go a long way to preventing further false flag mass shootings.

Gun control does work. Criminals love it. Do you have any idea how scary it is trying to hold up a convenience store if the guy behind the counter might have a gun? Gun control gives these guys peace of mind. Also many of them have significant others that can sleep easy at night knowing that their boyfriend, the guy who holds up these places will return home safe and sound.

Check the statistics. Guns cause far more problems than they solve. If the knife carrying psychos here had access to guns, it would make the Dillinger era look like a Sunday School outing.

Would you give up your right to vote or speak freely, or any other freedom or right you think you have if it definitively saved the life of a single human being?