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So does that mean that you would never call the police if you saw someones home being robbed? As there is a strong possibility that the 'secular forces' that we choose to call would use lethal force to stop the assailant, then this would make us just as culpuble as the police if they were to shoot someone.
If I knew the robber would be shot I certainly wouldn't call the police. I'd rather lose my effects than have him shot
That's not quite what I said. My reference was to your neighbour who you knew was at home while the house was being robbed. For that matter, we can add in that his wife and children were probably at home as well; so would you deem it right to call the local 'armed secular force' to overpower and maybe kill the assailant, or is his life more valuable than that of the family who he is about to rob and possibly kill.
As stated, if I knew the assailment would be shot I would not call the police
As the many life choices that we have to make can often have some unforseen consequences, does this mean that you would choose to allow the assailant to not only rob your neighbours family home (who could possibly be a friend), where there is also a strong possiblity that one or all of them could be shot; as against choosing to call someone to stop the assailant.
If it was reported the assailant had a gun then 'yes' but I wouldn't be happy about it knowing how 'click-happy' the police and population are.
If you had of replied along the line that you would not be prepared to call anyone into action who owned a gun, be it a member of the police or even the householder, then you would at least be consisent with your stance; as I mentioned, life can certainly be complicated and the choices that we sometimes have to make can even go against our heart felt views.
Malvina, if nothing else, my particular line of tack does suggest that the gun issue is not all that simple as we Australians in particular would like to think it is.
If that was his sole reason for owning a gun then you would be right to criticise him, but as most people own a gun either for recreation or for protection then this is another matter.
You're quite right of course but my flippant remark to Malvina was to point out that as Malvina is anti-gun, I was surprised that she provided a Scripture that had Jesus telling us that we were to each go out and buy a gun (or a sword); that's one of those passages that anti-gun activists tend to keep away from.
Well that says it all.
I used to think much the same myself, but so far, he seems to be the only one who has any semblence of an idea when it comes to international relations. Even though he is a billionair (they usually can't be trusted), he does seem to be unaligned with the horrid US military-industrial complex which seems to be behind most of the world's current problems. But is he perfect, or even an ideal candidate, maybe not, but at least his foreign policies seem to make a bit of sense.
It's not a tool friend - it's a lethal weapon! that you are prepared to use on your neighbour or anyone else that comes in your way and that you store - enabling your family to do the same.
