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walkawayarchie wrote:

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While I am afraid that it is just a further attempt to arm the Dominionists (the church IS an AoG church) and to ramp up the violence against non-Dominionists, at the same time I wish people weren't so anti-gun. When I joined the Democratic party a few years ago, I told the people I knew that the only reason I waited so long was because I feared all the attempts at gun control.

You see, I've been to ceremony where some of us were armed. The KKK had been making threats from what we was told. In fact, the KKK WANTS gun control- for us. That way we'd be defenseless and they could have their way with us (and believe me, in the southeast, the Klan HATES us and would have us dead if they could. After all, most of us can pass for white- and many have to!)

I've seen a few situations in the last 18 years where Native Americans being armed (not just with guns) may have saved lives. We do have enemies.

At the same time, owning and having a gun has saved my life at least three times- and I broke up a violent attack (beating) on a woman by her boyfriend/husband one time! There are evil people out there- most of you are walkaways and know how evil those churches can be- well, there are also evil individuals who think they have the RIGHT to rob, beat, and kill others. (The good thing is that all I had to do is show my gun to back off the monsters. In the case with the woman being attacked- the man came after me until he was looking in the business end of my pistol! I AND the woman might be dead now if I hadn't been armed!)

I also have a friend who if he didn't own and have a pistol (he worked the graveyard shift at his family's gas station), it is believed that he would have been killed on the spot. As it was, the crooks crawled out the store begging for their lives. (They were later arrested and got long prison sentences for their many violent crimes.)

I might add that the US HAD gun control for many years- it was against the law for Native Americans (at least in the Southeast) to own firearms. The reason- it's harder to steal and abuse people when they can defend themselves. If you knew our history, you'd agree that what our ancestors were put through was intolerable (but they were forced to tolerate it). Think about the laws against trading firearms to Native Americans- and remember our history.

So, there are good reasons for people like myself to fear gun control.

Oh... and we can't trust the police to protect us. Some of them (actually, around here I've heard quite a few) are in the Klan, and they're more likely to abuse people than protect. I've been there!!! (I might remind people that the purpose of the police is to maintain order and to "enforce the laws", not to protect people or to promote justice!)

I must add- WE ARE NOT A THREAT TO OTHER PEOPLE OR TO THE POLICE. We only use guns/weapons for self-defense and for hunting (part of our culture)! We aren't the bad guys- so please don't send the troops after us!

I know this is a hot topic that people have knee-jerk reactions with (and only tangentially on topic). I've shared this so people will see that some of us have good reason to fear gun control. Please, think about this (and please don't attack and flame me- like I've experienced in the past!)

But, back on topic, the whole idea of guns in church is really oxymoronic in my opinion. If churchgoers actually read their bibles, they'd know this.