Dude, you need to check your facts in a serious, serious way.
Oh, and I’m wearing my .45 right now…at work (and no, its NOT part of my job).You take your guns out on the street? !!!
I’m glad to hear that you are a Catholic and as a Catholic you are obligated to follow the official teachings of the Catholic faith which is found in the Catechism since Pope John Paul II specifically stated that the Catechism is the authoritative source for Catholic norms.
So are swords yet Jesus, Himself, instructed His followers to sell their outer garments in order to buy a sword (Luke 22:36-38; cf. 2 Corinthians 11:26-27 – a plain reading of the passage indicates that Jesus approved of self-defense). Here the “sword” (Greek: maxairan) is a dagger or short sword that belonged to the Jewish traveler’s equipment as protection against robbers and wild animals. Pretty much the equilavent of what a handgun is today.
As I said above, I will be heading out for Sunday Mass soon and will be carrying a compact 9mm semi-automatic pistol in my hip pocket.You take your guns out on the street? !!!
Most people will never be in a fatal car accident, yet most people wear seatbelts when they drive. Most people will never have a fire in their homes, yet most people have fire insurance. Most people will never even have their homes broken into yet most still lock their doors. I could go on and on. The point being that you hope for the best but prepare yourself for the worst …
Do you know which one? My wife let’s me pick out my own Christmas present and I’m thinking of the Sig P229 SAS in .40S&W caliber.
No, I can’t find it…I think its the P220, but I’m not positive. I’m unable to find a web-resource that mentions it…just that they use Sig’s.Yes, she does.
Oh, and I invite you to stop by Family, Friends & Firearms – it’s a pro-gun internet discussion board that I co-own & operate.
Do you know which one? My wife let’s me pick out my own Christmas present and I’m thinking of the P229 SAS in .40S&W caliber.
There’s actually TWO P220’s. The ‘European’ in 9mm (Adopted in 1975 by the Swiss Army, has the mag release at the butt of the stock), and the ‘American’ in .45 ACP (all that is manufactured now, has the mag release by the trigger guard).
Oh, I will have to visit your site. I believe you’ve mentioned it before…just never got around to it. Now its bookmarked.Yes, she does.
Oh, and I invite you to stop by Family, Friends & Firearms – it’s a pro-gun internet discussion board that I co-own & operate.
As my daddy says, a lock only keeps an honest man honest.
Have you even read the statistics which have been posted? Particularly about the increase in violent crime since Australia went gun-free? Are you even interested?
Do you have some sort of evidence that bullets cannot penetrate these materials? Many of the shootings up here in Toronto have been drive-bys: people sitting in their livingrooms and being shot dead straight through outer walls (which are quite thick in Canada) by stray bullets from passing cars.
The children who have been scarred by the latest spate of shootings in Toronto have been those who have watched defenseless friends been gunned down by violent criminals.
For which there is a cogent and responsible answer. Kids don’t get to be kids forever. They get to grow up. Questions have answers.
Asked and answered. Did you read the answers?
The commandment means “Thou shalt not murder.” Several teachings are given in the Catechism on legitimate self-defence, just war, principle of double effect. Have you read the Catechism on those issues?
Unfortunately they often are used for THREATENING, COERCION, AND MURDER – all of which differ from killing.
I am Canadian too. I live in Toronto where the big kefuffle is about shootings. It looks like the Conservatives are the only party who are going to let us carry handguns this time around.
My karate teacher always used to say that karate isn’t about self-defence. He always used to say that if you want to defend yourself then buy a gun. I mean look at the differences in range: the range in karate is about the length of an arm or a leg. The range in gunning is what?
A long time ago, my house was broken into seven times. Only an awake police officer who was willing to apprehend kept me away from the perp. Most of the time in Toronto, you can call the police and all you get is some sweet talk.
Yes. And why do criminals have guns? Because they break the law to get them. If guns are banned and Canadians decide that they need guns to protect themselves from intruders and gangs, then we will have to break the law to do so. That doesn’t make sense to me.
Because a ban on handguns has general appeal to left-leaning urban voters without creating nearly as much backlash from rural voters as trying to ban long guns would.
I have looked, but look elsewhere and you shall find that there are instances that are completely contradictory to what you have backed up with evidence. Ireland for example.
Well in that case, how does a gun help you, when you are sitting in your front room, a person whizzes by in a car, how does owning a gun really help?
This is merely cherry picking where you put that philiosophy, it appears to be the case when it comes to guns, but when homosexuality or bad songs in lyrics are involved, then you wish to protect your children forever.
I did read the answers, and I was astounded, never before have I encountered something like this, when I see programs about guns in America (comedy or not) I always think “oh this is just beign exaggerated for effect” - apparently not.
Such brilliant characteristics. These may guns a must for me :tsktsk:
I think that child will be even more psychologically scarred if she had to watch her daddy get shot and killed. Because if her father kills someone in her sight, it’s most likely because his and his daugher’s lives were in immidiate danger.
Exactly!
But the two are not as connected as it would seem. When a country bans guns, it asks that all citizens turn them in. The law abiding ones will, and the criminals won’t. They also won’t stop importing them, selling them, trading them, etc. That leaves the criminals as the only ones who are armed. Sure, in a country like this one some criminals get their guns by stealing them from people who lawfully own them, but I don’t think that’s the main source.