I'm a Christian. I'm a gun owner. I'm an American. I'm a husband. I'm a father.
Do I want to live... want my wife to live... my child to live... friends, Americans, Christians, anyone to ever need a gun? No. If we lived in a time and in a place where I could go to the mall and not fear for my safety I would love it. If my wife could go to work and me not have to pray all day for her so as to not fear for her in the safety of a Christian school, I would be ever thankful. I dare not even think of the world where my daughter will have to grow up.
The Bible says there is a time and season to everything under heaven. Reading that passage of scripture makes me think that there is indeed and time and place for everything. With that, here is my two cents.
I advocate gun ownership, gun awareness, gun saftey. I also advocate regulation. To my CCW, firearm loving brothers and sisters - please don't write me off quite yet.
I don't believe everyone should be able to own a weapon. I don't believe anyone should own every type of weapon. I think some weapons are best left to those sworn to protect us, but at the same time there are times when we need to be able to protect ourselves. I don't think it's right to make every weapon owner to register their weapons. Most people who own and carry weapons legally don't even talk about it, many people around them besides their immediate friends and family don't even know. One reason is out of respect, and two is because Americans have been taught to fear guns. People should not fear guns. People should fear people with ill will because even if you pulled every gun off the street, criminals would still find weapons for their purpose.
I think reform does need to come to current gun legislation. The assault weapons ban is ****. I have seen guns available in stores more dangerous than some banned weapons. But our founding fathers gave us the right to keep and bear arms to protect ourselves from any tyranny that could threaten our freedom and right to that freedom. I pray noone on this forum would ever have to face down someone intent on taking their life, and their families life simply because of their faith or the failings of their country, but that is what terrorists are trying to do - and if a terrorist, or a criminal wants to take the life of my family by whatever means neccesary I want someway to defend my family. It doesn't take a bazooka, or a tank - though I do like things that to BOOM! for entertainment, that doesn't mean I need one - it doesn't take a fully automatic gun, either. But I sure would like another options besides watching my wife and unborn daughter killed by a bullet while I'm holding a knife all because people have been taught to fear something and not respect it.
