Should Christians be allowed to own a gun legally?

"In God We Trust" is not a Biblical quote, to my knowledge... it is the official National Motto of the USA.
For a non-US citizen to use the USA's motto to justify his decision to not own guns is simply odd. It's no big deal... I was just making a joke.... you live your life as you see fit.

Trusting in God has little to do with owning a firearm. I do trust God.... I also don't believe He expects us to just drift through life without taking reasonable precautions.... doing the things that WE can take care of. God takes care of all the rest...

I'll fall back on another non-Biblical saying, probably from Aesop..... "God helps those who help themselves...."

People who only think of a firearm in terms of hurting others demonstrate a twisted mind, many anti gunners are this way, look at E*** for example, taking joy in "shooting someone in the back" even if it is only a water pistol.


1 Timothy 5:8

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

King James Version (KJV)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...005c3a-b025-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/cleveland-cops-recklessly-shot-boy-12-toy-gun/story?id=27402837

do a search “cop shootings water guns” and see what comes up.

As I said, "toy" guns are another story. In both of these articles, that is what they are talking about... "toy" guns that look exactly like real, functioning firearms.

I personally think it should be illegal to manufacture a toy gun that looks real..... for this very reason. We used to play "army" and "cowboys and, um.... native Americans" and many times our "guns" were sticks. A toy gun does not have to look like a real gun to be "playable".

If you are a policeman, confronting a young person who is holding what appears to be a real firearm, you do not have the luxury of "assuming" it is a toy.

This is a quote from one of the articles you listed....

"Experts who study the domestic market for pellet and Airsoft guns said consumer demand for replica firearms has grown.
“They are red hot,” said Tom Gaylord, an industry consultant who runs a popular blog for the Ohio-based Pyramyd Air, one of the largest air gun retailers in the country. Pyramyd Air declined to comment.

Police say it is virtually impossible to train officers to identify imitation firearms from any distance. Short of eliminating the guns, police have little choice but to assume the guns are lethal."

I understand the sentiment, but the reality is that an armed citizenry has little hope of prevailing against a government that controls the military. In other countries, such as some South American and African countries, rebels have formed armed groups that terrorise the nation, ruin economies and fundamentally change little. Most of the victims are ordinary people who just want to live a normal (whatever that is) life. God is not pleased with rebellion.

I may be wrong, but I'm convinced that the American Civil war was a consequence of rebellion against the colonial authorities. America's history is one of almost continual conflict. Since the 1950's, most of those conflicts have ended badly for the US, even those that wars that appeared to be successful. Now China is a threat to America's status as the leading superpower. I'm 71 so I'll likely not see a future where China replaces America as the leading power. But things can move very quickly, as we've seen in the Ukraine/Russia war.

Yes, you are wrong.
Too wrong to resolve at 71.
You are on Christian forum speaking in carnal, temporal terms.
it is a Spiritual situation, we wage war not against flesh, but against spiritual forces in high places.

In the US, yes absolutely. Own as many guns and bullets as you can afford and help your friends and family get them too. Furthermore, conceal or open carry as much as possible or where permitted.

I was living in the Bible Belt for a long time. Getting a gun is as easy as buying candy and the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to own a firearm so take full advantage of that.

While we’re here, I want to encourage you to exercise all of your rights. Most of the world doesn’t have the kind of rights Americans have so you’re very privileged. Be sure to exercise your free speech the most of all. Don’t give up your rights under any circumstances.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
-Thomas Jefferson

America and Israel are in the way of the satanic globalists for this reason.
The original question, "should a Christian be allowed" is pretty weird, many denominations love to put people back under the law that Jesus came to abolish and replace with Liberty.

Hmmm.... tell that to the British. They had arguably the greatest standing military in the world, and a bunch of civilians armed with commonly used weapons managed to defeat them.... I know we had help from the French, yada yada, but in most pitched battles, the armed citizens did very well for themselves...
Much of it has to do with attitude...

But, this discussion is going pretty far off the rails, compared to what the OP started with...

Yes, Christians may own guns and this is completely okay. Though, in my personal opinion, I favor a Sword.

I hope you are more safe with it than you are with His Word and your Christian walk..

That was an issue with the Japanese as they stated, "behind every blade of grass will be a rifle".
Switzerland has not had a war for 500+ years, when Hitlers envoy spoke to of how their army was twice the size of Switzerland's population the leader responded, "in that case we shall have to fire twice".
Looks like the Chinese Communist Parties weaponized virus plus the useful idiot/ senile buffoon installed president and the leftist media are seeking a way around this.

Thanks cause I can't afford 'em in Biden world

There, fixed it for ya!

Back then they didn't make water guns look like real guns.

What was the purpose of walls around cities in the Bible?

Don't know where this all takes place, but the ladies down here pack heat. They ain't the faintin' type.

The Senile Buffoon in Chief would have us down to this..
https://www.target.com/p/nerf-super...s&device=c&querystring=wrist rocket&gclsrc=ds

here's a reasonably priced one-
Heritage Rough Rider 22LR Revolver with Blued Barrel and Stag Grips | Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore (sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com)