Religion and Guns
I am not a pagan (although some might consider me otherwise
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I am not a fundamentalist christian (some might consider me otherwise
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I belong to the LDS church, i.e. the Mormons (eeek
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The one religous group (to my knowledge) to have state sanctioned violence ordered against them from an political executive.
So naturally, my forebears armed themselves to resist and protect their family.
Then my grandfathers headed south from Utah to Az and ended up being attacked by Geronimo. And they used their arms to protect their families.
A generation later my next great grandfather tried to stay out of the Sheep/Cattle wars of Az/NM (i.e. Billy the Kids birthplace).
My Great Grandfather was given his first handgun/rifle at 8years old to defend himself herding sheep.
My Father carried his 1911 from WW2 after the war to protect himself and his family during a few rough times.
All this roundabout talk returns to this. The constitution protects a persons beliefs be it in Creationism, Darwinism, Cristianity, The Man on the moon (sorry if there is a religion that preaches that, I was unaware), the prince of darkness, or Allah. Just don't hurt/harm anyone else.
I truly believe that.
I carry/use arms to protect myself and my family. I don't out of fear (thread topic)
If it comes right down to it, I don't care if a person is doing it because I'm Mormon (or scandanavia, or independent voter). I'll do my best to be standing when the smoke clears, and to ensure my family is standing as well.
And as long as your not harming someone to instigate something;
You and yours should be standing too!
Do whatever is necessary to ensure that.
We all should and I think that's why we are here...
(BY THE WAY, SORRY THIS POST TURNED INTO SUCH A LONG BORING THING)