You Decide
 

We decided to ask you, our friends. do you feel like we (Brother Alvear and I) should own a gun?

1. Do you need one?
2. Would you use it if you had it?
3. Is it for people, critters, or both?

Good questions.

I would say that if it is for the protection of yourselves, your home, and your possessions--- Yes.


I just pray that God doesn't ever let your family be in the position that you'd have to use it.

It seemed to serve you well the other night.

It seems that the gun had been put into your possession at just the right time for "such a time as this".

The prayer would be that you would never have to actually point it at another human being but, being in the neighborhood you are in, it certainly proved itself as a potent scare tactic.

You asked us to go to prayer when this happened... but it appears that God, in His foresight, had already put the tool in your possession to send them running.

Of course God is able to send them running in other manners... but this was the manner He made available to you that night.

From a man that served in the U.S. Army for 14 years, and a preacher now, I would say................ good question, any more good questions? Honestly, thats a hard one for me to answer. I will say, that based upon what I know of you, I believe that you have the proper wisdom and the love of souls to do the right thing if you were to own one. JMO.

I would never shoot at anybody but my boys would shoot in the air to scare away the 'would be" bandits...news travels fast in these parts...I would "preach" to them...but our kids "think" we should at least own one...I don't really know... My sister in the states carries a gun in her purse but she has a very dangerous job...My folks always had a gun... I have mixed thoughts about guns...
My son that is going to live in the jungle wants a rifle for hunting purposes and wild animals but we don't have the money to buy him one at this point.

Just wanted to hear your all's opinion...we like to listen to the wise...

Because of the things you have posted, I think you should own a gun. I bought a Smith and Wesson Airweight yesterday and I pray that I NEVER have to use it. I'd rather be safe than sorry. :-)

In your situation, you may feel safer with a gun. I support the right of folks to own a gun.

That being said, I have never owned a gun!

When I was about seven years old, I found a gun in my dad's desk drawer, pointed at my grandfather and tried to pull the trigger. Luckily, my father had the safety on and I didn't know how to release it. I could have possibly killed my grandfather!

This fear has stuck with me my entire life. I read somewhere that a big majority of the time, a home gun is used on another family member instead of an intruder.

Yes.

If you only used it to shoot in the air to scare off the bandits it would be well worth it.

Just make sure everyone is properly trained to use it.