Texas Panhandle Church Hosting Concealed Carry Class
From the Amarillo Globe-News:
Calvary Baptist Church in Dumas will host a concealed handgun license class March 2, and although a house of worship is an unconventional locale for a class on how to safely use and carry firearms, the Rev. Brad Foster looks at it as a community service opportunity for the church.
Reverend Foster says his church likes to “think outside the box.”
“However, we’re not making a political statement, except we don’t mind being associated with being in support of the Second Amendment.”
Jim Edlin, Sunday school director at Calvary and an organizer of the class, said more than half the people who have enrolled in the class have been women.
“Some of them are teachers, and they’re more passionate about it than anyone else.”
Reverend Foster says this is one of those areas “where politics and the Bible intersect.”
Some ignorami — undoubtedly worshipers at the Imbasilica of St. Marx — commented that “Jesus was a man of peace and love.” But Jesus preached reasonable self-defense. I’m not familiar with some of the modern perversions of the Bible, so maybe the St. Marx version deleted Luke 22:35-39:
And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.” [36] Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.”
Constitutional scholar David B. Kopel published an excellent read on the Old Testament and self-defense. Relying primarily on the King James Version, Kopel cited numerous biblically-supported acts of self-defense and defense of others. Kopel published another paper discussing how six major eastern religions — Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism — also support self-defense.
Kopel noted the falsehood of claiming Mohanda Ghandi was a proponent of non-violence. Ghandi understood the need for self-defense as a tool to reduce violence in society: “I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advice violence.”
“Non-violence cannot be taught to a person who fears to die and has no power of resistance…[A] man who, when faced by danger, behaves like a mouse, is rightly called a coward. He harbors violence and hatred in his heart and would kill his enemy if he could without being hurt himself. He is a stranger to non-violence.”
Cain asked: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” But he already knew he held the wrong answer in his heart.
Those who justify laziness and cowardice by misinterpreting scripture — and not partake of their God-given right of self-defense — not only betray God’s will, but in truth promote increased violence. Remember, self-defense is not violence, but negative violence in that successful self-defense removes predators from society, and cows them into greater restraint from fear of choosing a victim who will successfully repel attacks.
God’s will for us is to be free, and to help others attain freedom. Self-defense is a key part of His plan.
I do trust all the concepts you’ve presented in your post. They’re really convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are too brief for newbies. May you please extend them a bit from subsequent time? Thanks for the post.
I smell spam.
Dear McGeHee,
Why do you think it’s spam? (Seriously, I want your opinion. We can block spammers and trolls.)
From my perspective, it could be spam because the link is to a non-existent page at legendwebhosting.com.
On the other hand, the request for more explanation of my concepts for “newbies” is valid. Being an ex-supporter of civilian disarmament, I always like to convince another person to begin their own road to recovery.
The phrasing, and the lack of specific refrrence to the topic, are common red flags to this kind of spam. The bad link is simply verification.
I’m not sure if this kind of spam can be auto-blocked; you just need to have somebody with the time and the admin privileges to delete it.
I can pass it along to my editor, who has that capacity. Thank you. I agree the post is vague, and the grammar suspiciously reminiscent of one who learned English later in life. One thing about the spam question: What was he selling? Doesn’t spam usually mean a sneaky request for money?
The Alter Society of my mother’s parish is also hosting CCL classes for the ladies of the church, their guest and any interested gentlemen….. also in north Texas.
I’m particularly pleased to see more women taking their right of self-defense seriously. We host a Women on Target class 1-2 times yearly, introducing women to shooting sports.
– eventually we run out of cheeks to turn. But love You dearly!
I’ve sometimes wondered about the popular interpretation of that passage. What about this?
Meet people with the friendly cheek. If they prove false, show them the other cheek. That pretty much sums up the right of self-defense, or as Heinlein said, an armed society is a polite society.
Or something along that line.