It is estimated that law abiding citizens defend themselves using guns
over one million times a year. Without personal firearms, there would
be over one million more victims per year
This is why I defend the brothers and sisters of our Lord Jesus Christ
Genesis 9:5-6 (KJV)
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will
I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I
require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God
made he man.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
Psalm 82:4 (KJV)
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Nehemiah 4:17-23 (KJV)
17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded,
every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a
weapon.
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And
he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The
work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto
us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of
the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant
lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on
the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which
followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for
washing.
Proverbs 24:11 (KJV)
11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are
ready to be slain;
Ezekiel 33 (KJV)
33 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring
the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set
him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the
people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the
sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon
him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be
not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away
in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel;
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not
speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn
from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak,
saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how
should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of
the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from
your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness
of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the
wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from
his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in
the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his
own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be
remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin,
and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the
statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not
die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done
that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for
them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he
shall even die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right,
he shall live thereby.
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge
you every one after his ways.
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in
the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me,
saying, The city is smitten.
22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped
came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was
opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying,
Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for
inheritance.
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift
up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his
neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are
in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give
to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall
die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease;
and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate
because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee
by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to
his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth
from the Lord.
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my
people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they
shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant
voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them
not.
33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a
prophet hath been among them.
Being Armed
Luke 22:35-39 (KJV)
35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked
ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and
likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And
he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is
enough.
39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his
disciples also followed him.
Their weapons were swords and spears, today it is firearms.
Not for revenge, or judgement, but for protection
