We’ve all heard the cries of hypocrisy: You can’t be Christian and against gun control; you can’t be pro-life and pro-gun ownership; vengeance is God’s, so why do you need a gun?, etc. Let us examine, in particular, the charge that being prepared for self-defense is vengeance.
Posts Tagged ‘guns’
Christians, the Bible, and Guns: is Self-Defense Vengeance?
Saturday, Jul 28th, 2007 by Brandon | 55 Comments
Filed under: Christianity & Religion, Society & Politics | Tags: bible, guns
Filed under: Christianity & Religion, Society & Politics | Tags: bible, guns
More thoughts on the VT massacre
Thursday, Apr 19th, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: guns, society, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: guns, society, utopia
A Culture of Passivity (Mark Steyn) “…I’d prefer to say that the default position is a terrible enervating passivity. Murderous misfit loners are mercifully rare. But this awful corrosive passivity is far more pervasive, and, unlike the psycho killer, is an existential threat to a functioning society.” Wanted: A culture of self-defense (Michelle Malkin)
Gun Rights and Voting
Today I was researching concealed carry permit reciprocity across the various states, and while viewing a color-coded map showing where a concealed carry permit is honored from another state, two things struck me: 1. Imagine if we had to look at a map like that to find out where we could exercise our FIRST amendment [...]
Virginia Tech – Another failure of gun control laws.
Tuesday, Apr 17th, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: guns, law, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: guns, law, utopia
Yesterday’s Virginia Tech massacre, where a single crazed student was able to kill over 30 of his peers in the span of two hours, is just one more example of the failure of gun control laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But will this event cause gun control proponents to rethink [...]
Home schooling isn’t just being done by a bunch of people with guns in Idaho.
Sunday, Aug 31st, 2003 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Homeschooling, Society & Politics | Tags: education, guns, parenting
Filed under: Homeschooling, Society & Politics | Tags: education, guns, parenting
Wow, a fairly positive story on homeschooling in the mainstream press! [Article] Pretty good article. A few things though: “Home schooling isn’t just being done by a bunch of people with guns in Idaho.” Hey now. What’s wrong with a bunch of people with guns in Idaho? “Home schooling is for highly motivated kids who [...]