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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
The reason for a gun is to stop an offensive threat by injuring or killing another human being, and that's a good enough reason, in my mind, for them to exist. I don't expect my 57 year old, 4', 11", 98 lb mother to use martial arts and fight off one attacker, let alone more. The same goes for myself. While I'm an average size man, there are particular reasons why I choose to carry a gun, or have one in my home, that make a gun better suited to defending myself or my family, than it would to 'put up my dukes and fight like a man'.
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Well first, I hope your mom never has to be in a situation where she has to defend herself. How does she feel about tasers or mase? They don't have kickback that can cause you to miss your target if you have weak wrists, and they are very unlikely to kill anyone. They are effective as a deterrant, and are safer to carry. Also, I've never heard of a case of a child finding his father's mase and shooting himself dead.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Your pacifism is admirable, but misguided, in my opinion, because you're misunderstanding the lesson of peace that Jesus tried to spread. If I were a more critical person, I'd tell you that you're disrespecting the gift that god gave you by refusing to use the force necessary to keep it.
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I'm not convinced that Jesus was ever real, let alone a diety, so his lessons are more like fables to me than gospel. I do what I do and believe what I believe because it makes sense to me, personally, not because God told me to. God has his own stuff to deal with, if he exists, and shouldn't be bothered with whether I have a gun or not.