Death, Jim, is not subjective but objective.
goofyjim;2240360Someone who has the gun may decide he doesn’t like the way I walk down the street and use it on me. Of course said:
Perhaps you are not entrusted with the lives of others then?
No I am not but I would still not be required to carry a gun or any other means of defense. Stop the pontificating folks. It’s my decision.
Let us declare a mutual truce, then. We will not attack your decision and your right to it, and you will not attack ours.
Yes, indeed. Moderators, let’s close this thread.
That’s all I was asking.
) I’ll make sure to go to confession as soon as possible.And if it’s somehow wrong to not have a gun in the home to protect the family, I’ll go to confession also. But I doubt either one of us has to go. It’s a personal decision.I believe in a certain type of “gun control.” I use both hands to steady the gun as I fire!
A friend of ours, Jenny, has 5 children and lives in a horrible neighborhood near us. Her husband is serving in Iraq. 3 weeks ago, while she and the children were home in the evening, a burglar entered through a basement window. She called the police as soon as she heard the glass break.
The dispatcher asked her if she owned a gun and knew how to use it, and she said yes. The dispatcher told her that an officer would be there in 5 minutes (which might be too late) and she was advised to fire a warning shot down the stairs, which she did. The burglar quickly fled.
I believe in mercy, but not to a ridiculous extent. If someone breaks into my house, I will protect my family - and unfortunately for the burglar I probably won’t be firing any “warning shots” if you catch my drift. If it’s somehow wrong to protect my family (??!!
Maybe I don’t understand how your views just got attacked.
I am still awaiting for your apology for post #45. It seemed a little immature and inappropriate.
I simply offered an alternative suggestion of a way to defend yourself in that post, nothing more, nothing less. You seem to have done read way too much into it. But you now replying in this way is typical of the way you have been changing the topic whenever you are asked a specific question.
That post was not a suggestion on how to defend myself. I am leaving this thread because it is all one sided. If there is no room for debate then the thread should never be started.
I am hereby modifying my stance on gun control… I think we should limit the firearm rights to the following 7 categories of people:
I won’t break into your house. I am not a smart alek, I have every right to a screen name I choose. There either is gun control or there isn’t. I simply have debated aginst the requirement of self defense. How am I to blame for my death if someone shoots me and I was not carrying protection? Logic escapes me so I see no grievous sin in not owning a gun whether I have a family or not.I am hereby modifying my stance on gun control… I think we should limit the firearm rights to the following 7 categories of people:
- People who think this thread is one-sided.
- People who don’t like my story, which I think is fantastic.
- People who leave this thread.
- People who think this thread should have never been started.
- Goofy people, or people who have names that include the prefix “goofy”.
- Anyone who is a smart-alek. (Oops…)
- People who break into my house and get shot by me.
I’m joking around with you! Lighten up, man! BTW… I’m the one who’s being a smart-alek, not you.
Sorry, bro. There are some in this thread that have personally challenged my standing as a Catholic because of my political view on this issue. I simply feel I must follow my conscience.
Well, if anyone ever questions another’s standing as a Catholic simply because of your view on gun control, I think they should be taken behind the woodshed and shot.
He’ll win. I won’t carry a gun to defend myself from his.Well, melensdad and goofyjim, I think that the only way to resolve this disagreement is to have a duel.