Blessings for Guns

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**I have been asked to bless a lot of wierd stuff over the years, but never weapons. I would have to think about blessing them, it is sort of grey line to me. can I bless a weapon knowing it will protect the owner, but possiblly also take a life. I would have to pray about this one for a while. **
 
But Father, doesn’t the CCC, which, according to Pope John Paul II, is the authoritative source for Catholic norms, teach us in 2264-2265 that “Legitimate defense is not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others” and “someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow” because “one is bound to take more care of one’s own life than of another’s”.
 
can I bless a weapon knowing it will protect the owner, but possiblly also take a life. I would have to pray about this one for a while.
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What if a person has their car blessed, than goes and runs down a pedestrian?

A gun could be used to murder someone, but it could also be used for legitimate self-defense or more likely-just in leisure activity.
 
Sir Knight:
But Father, doesn’t the CCC, which, according to Pope John Paul II, is the authoritative source for Catholic norms, teach us in 2264-2265 that “Legitimate defense is not only a right but a grave duty for one who is responsible for the lives of others” and “someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow” because “one is bound to take more care of one’s own life than of another’s”.
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that is true too.
there is so much you forget after years and years.
 
FrCorey said:
**I have been asked to bless a lot of wierd stuff over the years, but never weapons. I would have to think about blessing them, it is sort of grey line to me. can I bless a weapon knowing it will protect the owner, but possiblly also take a life. I would have to pray about this one for a while. **
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A weapon doesn’t do the action; the person holding the weapon does. A weapon is an inanimate object, it doesn’t act on its own.
 
Sir Knight:
The whole point of being armed all of the time is because in most cases tragedy will strike at a time and place of not of OUR choosing.

Just remember that someone could live in a community with a 40% crime rate and be one of the lucky 60% that is not touched by crime. Conversely, another person could live in a community with a 1% crime rate and be one of the unlucky 1% that IS touched by crime.
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That is very true, of course. I think the teenager mindset lives on in many of us well after the teen years–we don’t believe it’s going to happen to us until it does.
So as to not hi-jack this thread, if you wish to discuss firearms issues further, I invite you to join a discussion board that I co-own and operate.
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I just signed on, same user name 😃

DaveBj
 
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DreadVandal:
How’s this sound for a blessing:

St. Gabriel,
Protector of those who bear arms.
Hear our prayer and intercede with Christ
our God that he may make our barrels straight,
our triggers swift, and our aim accurate.
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I love it. I especially love the “our God that he may make our barrels straight.”
 
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DreadVandal:
Does anyone know if there is a traditional blessing prayer for guns?
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I should never be surprised at what some people will think of. :eek:

My suggestion is that you take the gun to the local police department and turn it in or have it melted down. Either of those actions would be more than sufficient in lieu of a blessing.
 
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LeahInancsi:
I should never be surprised at what some people will think of. :eek:

My suggestion is that you take the gun to the local police department and turn it in or have it melted down. Either of those actions would be more than sufficient in lieu of a blessing.
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WOW!! So much for the second ammendment. Could you please explain to me why you think guns are somehow inherently evil? It’s not the weapon it’s the person.
 
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LeahInancsi:
My suggestion is that you take the gun to the local police department and turn it in or have it melted down. Either of those actions would be more than sufficient in lieu of a blessing.
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Sir Knight…

I guarantee a gun in my house is going to be used on me or another innocent.

Where’s the proof that more people protect themselves and their families with the use of guns than having them stolen by theives and used gangsters, felons, etc., etc.,?

I want numbers and sources.
 
Myth: You are more likely to be injured or killed using a gun for self-defense

Fact: You are far more likely to survive a violent assault if you defend yourself with a gun. In episodes where a robbery victim was injured, the injury/defense rates were as follows … * Resisting with a gun 6%
  • Did nothing at all 25%
  • Resisted with a knife 40%
  • Non-violent resistance 45%
    Source: According to the British Home Office which is not a “pro-gun” organization by any means.
Fact: Every year, people in the United States use a gun to defend themselves against criminals an estimated 2,500,000 times – more than 6,500 people a day, or once every 13 seconds. Of these instances, 15.6% of the people using a firearm defensively stated that they “almost certainly” saved their lives by doing so. Firearms are used 60 times more often to protect lives than to take lives.

Source: Fall 1995 edition of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
 
Fall 1995! That was a very long time ago. :eek:

The streets are much meaner. :cool:
 
If the streets are much meaner, than there is even a greater NEED to defend one self with a gun.

Oh, and since you asked me for numbers and sources, kindly back up YOUR statement with numbers and sources that the streets are much meaner now.
 
Sir Knight:
If the streets are much meaner, than there is even a greater NEED to defend one self with a gun.

Oh, and since you asked me for numbers and sources, kindly back up YOUR statement with numbers and sources that the streets are much meaner now.
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While you are at it, please back up the “fact” that just having a gun in the house will be used on the owner and another innocent person.
 
I hope you’re not taking this exchange as a debate. I hate guns and won’t have one in my house. If someone wants to kill me, then God is calling me to come to Him.

I’m a faithful viewer of Cops and the local news and see all the wrong people having guns. Where did they get them? Surely, not legally.

Also, if you have kids, there’s no way you can keep a gun locked up and away from children, yet have it at hand for protection. Is a thief going to wait while go unlock your gun cabinet or other place of safekeeping, so you can get your gun? I don’t think so.

When I was a kid, I knew every inch of the house. Nothing was safe from me. BTW, there were no guns in the house. Thank God!
 
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LeahInancsi:
If someone wants to kill me, then God is calling me to come to Him.
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That is contrary to the teachings of the Catholic faith which tells us that we not only have a right but a GRAVE DUTY to defend ourselves and our loved ones from death and serious injury.
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LeahInancsi:
I’m a faithful viewer of Cops and the local news and see all the wrong people having guns. Where did they get them? Surely, not legally.
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And what does this have to do with the legal ownership and use of firearms?
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LeahInancsi:
Also, if you have kids, there’s no way you can keep a gun locked up and away from children, yet have it at hand for protection.
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Nonsense! I have small children and have a loaded & secure firearm in just about every room of the house.
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LeahInancsi:
Is a thief going to wait while go unlock your gun cabinet or other place of safekeeping, so you can get your gun? I don’t think so.
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As I said, I have a loaded firearm in just about every room in the house and can get my hands on a weapons without having to keep the thief waiting.
 
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K-McD:
While you are at it, please back up the “fact” that just having a gun in the house will be used on the owner and another innocent person.
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I never said that having a gun in the house would be used on the owner. So, I can’t back that statement up because I do not believe it to be true in a majority of cases.
 
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