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Saturday, October 3. 2015

Firearms for me but not for thee

Pope Francis claimed that firearms and firearm makers cannot be Christian. A curious statement as he is surrounded by heavily-armed guards whenever he leaves his house. The Vatican is equally protected.


The same thing applies to Obama's pontificating about firearms. He is surrounded by firearms every day, and will be provided with armed guards for free for the rest of his life. I guess it's supposed to be different for us little people but not for me. I carry. If you worked in today's Hartford, CT, you might too.


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Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:11 | Comments (11) | Trackback (1)

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And the Secret Service, and no doubt the Swiss Guard, have a policy, if their protectee comes under concerted attack to mow down everybody until they can escape and let the response teams sort out the wounded. Keep that in mind if you are around an "official" person with unaccountable government shooters protecting them.
#1 JK Brown on 2015-10-03 14:39 (Reply)
All too common, the loudest public figures speaking out against guns are those who often have their own heat-carrying body guards.
#2 charles on 2015-10-03 15:28 (Reply)
Gotta love it.
#3 LWS on 2015-10-03 15:48 (Reply)
Pope Francis claimed that firearms and firearm makers cannot be Christian.

is anyone claiming firearms can be Christian? there's already a degree of incoherence in the blurb.

so I'm wondering what the language context is, whether the reference is to war munitions or your personal duck gun.
#4 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2015-10-03 17:33 (Reply)
I own firearms...and I know how to shoot. End of story.
#5 rocdoctom on 2015-10-03 17:51 (Reply)
Those words were never spoken by Pope Francis. They were written by a journalist (probably Philip Pullella, Reuters) in an attempt to paraphrase various translations taken out of context of some speech (characterized as rambling) the Pope gave in Italian months before his visit to the U.S.

It's not a quote and it shouldn't be presented as one. I'm so tired of this sort of thing, even if the ideas intended to be presented are ones I agree with.
#6 Donna B. on 2015-10-03 21:05 (Reply)
If The Barrister had not stated, if my paraphrase from memory is accurate, "I molest Collies," then his posts would be more apt to persuade.
#7 notquiteunBuckley on 2015-10-04 03:33 (Reply)
Barristers who distort the meaning of the term, and do so hypocriticacally, are still barristers.

Why doesn't the Pope understand Christians can be hypocrites? What kind of simplistic declamation ethos leads one to conclude Christians can't be hypocrites otherwise they aren't Christian?

Christian essence is sin acknowledged and thwarted, not some absurd atheist mere notion that those without sin or hypocrisy are the only ones welcomed.

Just attack the Church for its wealth if it, within yourself, increases your self worth for some reason, it's easy.
#8 notquiteunBuckley on 2015-10-04 03:44 (Reply)
Possession of any inanimate object does not class a person as "bad" or "good". Morality is an Inside Job. What is in a person's heart and what they do with that — walk the talk — is what matters.

I offer some words from Col Jeff Cooper, taken from his excellent book, The Art of the Rifle:

"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.
The possession of a good rifle, as well as the skill to use it well, truly makes a man the monarch of all he surveys."

"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user.

It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny.
In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, because a citizenry armed with rifles cannot be tyrannized."

There are a lot of sins in this world; owning a firearm is not one of them.
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#9 chasmatic (Link) on 2015-10-04 13:48 (Reply)
In the U.S. private use of guns save 2,500,000 lives a year. Old George Zimmerman would probably be dead if he did not have a gun. Guns save 100's of times more lives than they take. Bring back stop and frisk. Get the guns out of the hands of thugs.
#10 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-10-05 16:46 (Reply)
All of the comments replying to what Pope Francis supposedly said about guns/weapons are irrelevant, since Pope Francis never said what is claimed that he said. Another example of people being gullible if it fits their agenda to be so. Don't believe everything you read!
#11 BobRN on 2015-10-13 00:12 (Reply)

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