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Most people are in favor of some sort of gun control, so the issue not so much about whether or not we should have it, but about how much of it we should have. For example, do you think that everyone should have the right to buy a gun that they could use for hunting even if they have committed multiple violent assaults with guns? Do you think that regular civilians should have full access to any sort of weaponry that could be used for hunting, including vehicles used by the military?
Well there is the argument that weapons should only ever be used against animals and that weapons should never be used against people in any circumstance, but to get into that would be opening another whole can of worms.
Which shouldn't be allowed, and we already have laws that prohibit such stuff, what we need to do is enforce said laws.
That's a strange concept, I don't know where you got that from.
There are things in this world that kill far more than guns do.
So you're saying Jesus lied?
Whether or not Christians should carry guns for self defense is another matter, but the point is that guns are used for hunting so that reason alone justifies Christians owning and using guns.
"And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat." Acts 10:13
Whether or not there should be more gun regulation, to some extent, is another matter. I've heard the argument that Christians shouldn't own or use guns period. Im pointing out how such an argument is wrong and goes against the Bible if for no other reason because guns are used for hunting.
On the contrary the 2A identifies the right to keep and bear arms as God given, but that is another argument.
What more popular ones? Exactly what kinds of guns are popular and not suited for hunting?
And travel wouldn't stop if all cars were banished, we would just go back to horses you could argue. The fact of the matter is that guns are the method of hunting today in the modern culture. Sure, some people like to hunt using other weapons such as bows but to say everybody should only hunt with bows or other such primitive weapons would be as silly as saying everybody should use horses to get around instead of cars. Guns are more efficient and more effective than other more primitive hunting means and they also allow the taking of larger game. It would be foolish to try to take down a large bear with just a bow.
No, but it is an effective means to kill any Christian argument against guns and gun ownership. There are some Christians who think weapons should never be used against people but not even they can argue against guns being used for hunting.
That has nothing to do with hunting and the use of guns in regards to hunting.
I've heard the argument that Christians shouldn't own or use guns period. Im pointing out how that's wrong.
They should be in prison, plain and simple.
When you talk about military vehicles that can mean all sorts of stuff from M1 Abrams tanks to fighter jets to jeeps and trucks that don't have any weapons. I've never heard of anybody using a tank or a fighter plane to hunt, but if somebody owns an army jeep or truck and they want to use it to drive to and from a hunting site, I've got no objection to that.
There are many different ways that someone could choose to hunt including using a fighter plane to hunt by doing a strafing run, so just because something can be used for hunting does not necessarily mean that we should have the right to use it for hunting. Likewise, just because guns can be used for hunting does not necessarily mean that we should have the right to use guns for hunting as opposed to hunting.
The commandment was not thou shalt not kill, the commandment was thou shalt not murder. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being. There were a number of offenses that God specifically stated must be punished by death. Furthermore God specifically commanded the Israelites to attack other nations and civilizations and to kill them.
Not at all. Jesus made it clear that the purpose of the sword was to fulfill what was written by the prophet Isaiah.
I agree. There's nothing at all wrong with Christians owning guns for hunting.
Actually the reason Jesus told them to go buy a sword if they didn’t have one is specifically given in that passage. It was to fulfill the prophecy that He was numbered among the transgressors.
Probably better add cholesterol, water, and gravity to that list as well.
I speculate that most Christian gun owners don’t hunt or they have guns that are not intended to hunt with. I know the majority of Christians gun owners I know don’t hunt including myself.
