Priest Pushes for More Gun Control by Calling It a ‘Religious Issue’ Like ‘Abortion, Euthanasia or the Death Penalty’
- Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:59pm by
Billy Hallowell
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In the wake of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting, there has been a fair bit of politicization running amok, as gun critics have used the tragedy to tout stricter regulations. Joining the chorus of opinion on the matter is The Rev. James Martin, S.J., who has some controversial opinions about how religious people should view gun ownership rights.
In an op-ed for America Weekly, the Jesuit priest, author and contributing editor to the Catholic magazine, proclaimed that he believes gun control is an issue that religious people should care about — and deeply. He opened the piece by explaining that he’s “not a political person,“ though he admitted that his policy views are shaped by his ”religious ideals.”
Helping the poor, working for a peaceful world and respecting life from birth to death are some of the ideals he mentions as having a root in his Christian faith. However, he takes this argument a bit further, delving into gun control and the necessity to view it through a religious lens:
That is why I believe that gun control is a religious issue. It is as much of a “life issue” or a “pro-life issue,” as some religious people say, as is abortion, euthanasia or the death penalty (all of which I am against), and programs that provide the poor with the same access to basic human needs as the wealthy (which I am for). There is a “consistent ethic of life” that views all these issues as linked, because they are.
All of these issues, at their heart, are about the sanctity of all human life, no matter who that person is, no matter at what stage of life that person is passing through, and no matter whether or not we think that the person is “deserving” of life. The issues just mentioned of course are very different. To take the most obvious example, the agonizing decisions surrounding euthanasia, with which loving families are sometimes confronted, are not to be equated with the twisted decisions of a mass murderer. But they are all, in one way or another, actions that impinge on the sanctity of human life. God gives life to every person, and that life is holy.
The Rev. James Martin, S.J. (Image Credit: NCEA.org)
Martin goes on to say that the religious have a responsibility to move beyond prayer to action. The faith leader calls for lasting change and likens inaction in rectifying gun laws to passing a poor man whom one had the ability to assist but chose not to. He goes on to proclaim that “these shootings would not have happened if the shooter did not have such easy access to firearms and ammunition.” Martin continues:
So religious people need to be invited to meditate on the connection between the more traditional “life issues” and the overdue need for stricter gun control. The oft-cited argument, “Guns don’t kill people, people do,” seems unconvincing. Of course people kill people; as people also procure abortions, decide on euthanasia and administer the death penalty. Human beings are agents in all these matters. The question is not so much how lives are ended, but how to make it more difficult to end lives.
Pro-life religious people need to consider how it might be made more difficult for people to procure weapons that are not designed for sport or hunting or self-defense. Why would anyone be opposed to firmer gun control, or, to put it more plainly, laws that would make it more difficult for mass murders to occur? If one protests against abortions clinics because they facilitate the taking of human life, why not protest against largely unregulated suppliers of firearms because they facilitate the taking of human life as well?
Martin went on to say that he’s not looking to score political points and that he expects that the some on the right will respond quite negatively to his views. But, he firmly believes that religious leaders should be more engaged in protecting “the sanctity of life.”
Read his entire article here.
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blackyb
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:19pmIf priests and clergy were doing their jobs, we would not have the morality problem we have in this country. They want to be politically correct instead of God correct. They are the ones who are failing. They need to stand up for decency and know who their Boss is. These political animals are in their positions and not called by God for their service. It is sickening what Americans are having to sort through any more just to see some decency.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:44pmIf someone says it’s not political, guess what……it’s all political. Living in a free society comes with risks. If you are looking for security in this world I would suggest USP H&K .40. Then practice until you are proficient…..and pray
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:10pmPriest and Clergy should be teaching the word of God in truth. what we have is a moral issue in our country not a gun issue. Life is sacred from conception to the grave of old age.
Report Post »Stephen Markovich
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:01pmWell stated…even the Catholic Church Canon Law permits the use of deadly force as a last resort. Must be a liberal priest.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:47pm@ BlackyB
HOORAH! Exactly!
Report Post »Lt_Scrounge
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:56pmThis priest needs to take a few history courses on what has happened when the government has disarmed the people. As a minimum, he should take a look at the Youtube videos put together by the JPFO and Dr Ignacio P from Frontsite Academy. He should look up the comment from the Catholic Priest who commented that while the Nazis were coming for one group after another he did nothing, until there was no one left to do anything when they came for him. Considering the manner in which the socialists in the Democrat party are trying to force the church to do things that are against Catholic Doctrine, perhaps the good priest needs to wake up to what the real threat is. It’s not the gun owners.
In all honesty, as one poster put it, a few mason jars of gasoline would’ve caused a lot more death and destruction. It would’ve been easier to make a few Chlorine gas bombs than the tear gas that he did make. How many people would’ve died or been permanently disabled by that?
Report Post »ENIGMA28724
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:58pmI absolutely agree. Further, Jesuits seem to have a name for being left wing wack jobs. Their job should be ministering to the poor and unsaved, not trying to influence politics. God gave me life and that life is valuable to him and should be to me. If I let someone else take it from me without resisting, it is demeaning the value of the life he gave me. If I am denied the means to protect my life, doesn’t that mean that some consider my life is of less value than the one attempting to take it?
Report Post »ImaHippyBurning
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:01pmI do not own guns YET! However I am a proud card carrying NRA member. One more however, I really do not see the need to have these automatic weapons like AK-47′s and the like as they are nothing but killing machines. Maybe for the military but I say ban the assault rifles. Pistols, non automatic rifles have at it…
Report Post »cmcboss
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:22pmPerhaps this man of the cloth hasn’t read his bible ? Luke 22:35-36. “WHEN i SENT YOU OUT WITHOUT PURSE, BAG OR SANDALS? Nothing, they answered. He(Jesus Christ our Lord) said to them; BUT NOW IF YOU HAVE A PURSE, TAKE IT, AND ALSO A BAG; AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SWORD, SELL YOUR CLOAK AND BUY ONE.” Jesus knew this world would not be safe for the innocent, if the priest didn’t.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 12:58amThis is a liberal priest from a liberal order with a liberal weekly magazine. He is either just dumb like most liberals or is purposely leading God’s people astray. His article contains the usual illogic of the liberal mind…
“Jesus asks us to love our enemies, not to murder them; to pray for them, not to take vengeance; and he commends the peacemakers among us, not those advocating for more and more and more weapons. ”
1) How is letting your enemy commit murder and go to hell better than defending yourself
– Option 1 Don’t defend yourself – One murder, one soul lost to hell.
– Option 2 Defend yourself – No murders, no souls lost to hell.
2) How is defending yourself taking vengeance? It is NOT.
– We don’t defend ourselves in vengeance.
3) How does owning a gun make you NOT a peacemaker?
– Guns are not the opposite of peace.
The feeble minded left seems incapable of realizing that the magnitude of 9/11 was the RESULT of gun control and that an armed citizen may have saved half the people in the theater – except guns were banned from the theater.
Who did the gun ban in the theater protect? The criminal or the citizen? Who left their guns outside the theater? The criminal or the citizen?
Gun laws and bans harm the citizen and help the criminal.
The argument that should be made is that banning guns from theaters, college campuses, banks and govt buildings is the danger and made this situation and countless other worse.
Report Post »ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 3:46amPRIESTS ARE NOT MORAL PEOPLE.
THEY ARE HUMAN AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.
THEY ALSO HAVE NO RIGHT TO TELL AMERICANS THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE GUNS.
THEY ARE NOT AS INTELLIGENT AS OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
IT’S A SYSTEMATIC AND BROAD COLLABORATION OF GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTION TO BRING IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER.
THE VATICAN AND WASHINGTON ARE IN BED WITH EACH OTHER.
Apollyon Rising 2012!
Report Post »Amos37
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 7:48amSo basically this guy is against the Word of God. Figures, another wolf in sheep’s clothing. I thought God said if someone murdered that they were to be recompensed with the same? They can repent and ask for forgiveness and through Jesus they can actually receive it (if God chooses to have mercy), but that doesn‘t mean we are no longer supposed to EXECUTE God’s Law.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 9:30amThe 1st amendment protects this priest’s right to free exercise of religion; the 2nd amendment is there as a means to preserve all of our rights from oppressive gov’t.
Report Post »anotherplanet
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 12:36pmYep.
Report Post »AnAmericanToo
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 12:40pmI LOVE your comment that “if the priests ….. were doing their jobs we wouldn’t have the morality problems we have….’. That is the best come back I have ever read!
Guns are not the problems. The crazed man in Denver not only had ..guns…but he allegedly booby trapped his apartment complex. This is NOT about guns!
Recently in my community a 16 year old was driving along the road and suddenly steered her vehicle into an 18 wheeler rig. She opted to commit suicide and luckily for the rest of the folks on the road she slammed her car into a massive rig and the rig driver did not receive any accident injuries. He was still traumatized by the insanity of this girl who turned her vehicle into a weapon. Where are the local priests to demand that it is moral duty to end vehicle usage?
There are many instances where law biding people have defended themselves and their loved ones from the amoral people whom the folks like this priest have failed. This priest should look upon himself and his profession as pure failures. For some 2000 years they have failed to stop violent people from preying upon the innocent.
Instead of this priest spouting off the ‘peace and warm fuzzies’ from his safe computer, how about getting up off your duff and heading to Mexico to comfort those whose family members have been beheaded and tortured? Stand up in those communities and lead a parade against drug cartel violence. SHOW some courage and get out on the front
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:17pmThis is the same idiocy that gave fascists in our past power over the people. Some religious nut comes out with “hey, we should have more gun control to protect people”, then the guns are taken away by a facist dictator like Hitler and then the same idiots that called for the disarmament of the people get gas’d or baked by someone like Hitler (along with a lot of other innocent people that they turned into sheep because of their “religious” views).
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:53pmWe don’t need another Hero http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=5D929F4D85DA1BF1A476BE8901E30F2C
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:56pmMaybe he has good intentions, but lives in a protected world. There are too many nuts out there and families need protection from intruders and, at this point, from what might be coming from our own government. God doesn’t want us to overrun by evil. He inspired our Founding Fathers and they gave us the right to be armed. It wasn’t guns that kill the people in the movie theater, it was mental illness. They should be asking for more help with illnesses, not gun control. Maybe bringing God back into our school and government would help turn this country around and some sanity to our world.
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:07pmIt is a terrible temptation for men of good heart to seek to do somthing about these kind of tragedies. Since changing the human heart is beyond laws and legislation, they often foolishly go after inanimate objects which can be legislated, like guns. Their motivations are often pure, and they really want to…do somthing, anything to prevent this kind of senseless evil from happening again.
In the heat of their emotions they never consider that disarming law abiding good people will only encourage the criminal, and once the majority are disarmed it introduces a much greater evil…goverment tyranny. Our forefathers saw the threat of a tyrannical goverment, and the second ammendment is the only protection against it.
I admire their zeal to be helpful, and their empathy with the families of the fallen. But their solution is foolish, dangerous, and in the end will usher in greater evil than their minds can comprehend.
RANGER
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:16pmHow will tighter restrictions on my liberty stop non-law abiding people from acting with evil?
It’s not even logical on its face.
Report Post »FLCommonSense
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:21pmNHWINTER I agree wholeheartedly with you on this one. Our society has degenerated as we have been pushed to become more secular. The so-called “separation of church and state” was meant to protect the citizens from being pushed a religion by the government as was the case in England. It did not mean that we could not worship in classrooms or show our respect to biblical figures in our buildings. We have been pushed to become so un-religious that our morals as a society are diminishing. We have the Left to thank for that.
Report Post »Roberto G. Vasquez
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:36pmBan Batman movies! Batman movies were what influenced the shooter and “The Joker” is who he was imitating. So logically, if anything should be banned it is Batman movies!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:37pmWHAT N WINTER SAID: He lives in a protected world where people are civil with each other for the most part and he is not confronted with what confronts us, as N WINTER said. I agree.
Report Post »There are 93 Million Catholics in the USA alone. They are confronted daily with the problems of the poor and sick/dying/troubled people. We are confronted with the cheats/crooks/liars/politicians who will do anything to get elected…even to the point today they will Deny they said what we have seen them on tape saying !!
The only gun control we need is not sending guns to Drug Lords in Mexico and beyond. IF anyone had had a gun in that theatre, many lives could have been spared. DO not make the mistake of blanketing all the Catholics by the statements of one or two of them. OF course we all wish for a Peaceful world but until Jesus comes again, that’s not going to happen. I guess it makes for news, but what I’m seeing today is more than two articles about “THE CATHOLIC CHURCH” like we were the “BAD BOYS” ….so it’s quite obvious to me that there is a big effort to “take down the Catholic
Church’…(then ALL churches) this is how it’s been done in Russia, Germany etc. when populations were conquered by Communists/Facists— you can expect from now until November, a constant onslaught of anti-Catholic information. HANG TOUGH PATRIOTS ~ They are loosing, but we have to stay diligent!
Meyvn
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:40pmExactly!
Watch the video link provided by ShyLow. This is what will come if the church allows themselves to fall into this trap. We can be sure of histories past experiments.
To the priest: The sanctity of life is very important. Don’t loose sight of this, lest you will allow a scenario for the mass destruction of life. Find wisdom.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:40pmSome people be downright slow, If this jerk couldn’t shoot at ya, he could run down a crowd of people with his car and kill 12 people. The problem is the people we are building, not the tools they use to kill. tools are unlimited. Get those liberal schools cleaned up and maybe. http://www.seraphicpress.com/western-education-breeding-ground-for-mass-murderers/
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:41pmI think the iiot shold move to Cuba. Fidel would like his views on Gun Control.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:04pmPriests should stick with what they know. This priest’s statements on public policy are absurd. He would lose in a debate with a 16 year old. He would be beloved by any dictator or would be dictator.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:22pmPure foolishness. When he said, “these shootings would not have happened if the shooter did not have such easy access to firearms and ammunition.” That’s when I lost it.
So, I guess we shouldn’t give people such easy access to airplanes because of what the 9 11 terrorists did?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrw1Qn9z51M
stumpy68
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:31pmIm certain my pastor would disagree with this idiot
Report Post »any religious leader who would advocate weakening
his parishioners by removing their means of protecting themselves
isn’t worth listening to.
yougottabekidding
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:34pmLets take this to the next logical step!
Report Post »12 people died and 12 injured in a pickup truck accident in Texas we must ban pickups. Actually lets ban all motor vehicles they are dangerous, alot of people die every year because they exist
Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:38pmThis democrat was a San Diego occupier , he dressed as the joker………I blame the MEDIA and HOLLYWOOD…PERIOD….BOTH LEFTY INSTITUTIONS……
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:39pmyeah, and my spoon made me gain weight..
Report Post »get a life..so much bs out of the mouth of those not in the main stream of life..
we have laws on top of laws…
they need to find something to take the place of the failed fast and furious debacle..
johnjamison
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:17pmHe Could have done more damage with Gasoline,couple rags,and couple mason jars are we to ban all those as well. But that‘s neither here nor there this priest fails to realize that taken honest citizens guns rights only leaves honest citizens defenseless as criminals don’t obey the law.
Report Post »chingachgook
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:38pm@SHYLOW The presentation on your comment is a must watch by all! It says it all. Catholicism is not a pacifistic religion you have the right and duty to self defense. St Augustine and others speak of the just war. I see this priest is a Jesuit. They have been knee deep in Liberation Theology and have been admonished by the Pope for it. The Catholic church has been infiltrated by communist and homosexuals for many years with the intent to destroy the church. I would have to see more as to what this priest believe before I can make a judgment. He may fall into the useful idiot class but he may be something else too. look up Bella Dodd to see where some of this stuff comes from.
Report Post »http://www.fatimaperspectives.com/cs/perspective235.asp
An armed man is a freeman a disarmed man is a slave. It is simple do not make it complex. It appears that no one in the Theater (Bat Man incident) had a gun. Although he was wearing protective garments a couple of well placed round could have saved lives, at least it would have caused him to be distracted enough to allow some to escape, and maybe with a little luck stopped the madman. The gas mask would have not stopped a round.
jakartaman
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:17pmHe is probably part of the communist gay priest brigade.
Report Post »Don‘t know why the catholic leadership don’t do something about it.
These dopes have cause the church irruptive harm and $$$
kaydeebeau
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:46pmPope Benedict is – and just like anything, and specifically our nation, we didn‘t get to this point over night and we can’t expect to poof be fixed over night either.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:54pmI’ll Try again…..Judas Priest,the guy is a leftie loon and to take a nut shot, or a bullet,for the glory of the church, let’s see.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:17pmSo by this logic it was easy access to children that caused their rape and molestation.
Report Post »kobbookie
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:23pmMy thoughts, exactly.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:31pmGood point. Perhaps all Catholic priests should have to go through an extensive background check and pay for a government permit before gaining access to young children. They should also be limited to interacting with only one child per month. It is time that this country enacted some common sense priest-control laws.
Report Post »right
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:17pmHow about banning Vicodin.. I read he took Vicodin before he shot everyone. So therefor we need to get rid of Vicodin since some people do bad things when taking it. Or maybe we should ban violent movies. Isn’t there a scene in a movie just like that. Ban movies!!!!!!!!! Ban actors from playing bad guys in movies.Ban writers from writing violent scenes for movies, that will keep it from happening again.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:10pmRight : if we could just ban PEOPLE, there would be no more crime !
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:16pmThe restrictions that he puts forward were in full effect at the movie theater and it prevented people from defending themselves. These people just confirm that all organizations have been infiltrated by liberals. People think that freedom is being taken away from Americans. Nothing could be further from the truth. Your freedoms are already gone. Satan has already put his minions in place.
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:15pmI might agree with him if we were a nation of laws – laws that are enforced – but, we’re not.
So, the lunatic who wants to do harm is going to change his mind because he cannot legally purchase a gun? Huh?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:18pmSo you’re saying that as long as the nation enforced the ending of our liberties fairly, you’d be all for it?
I don’t get it.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:50pmIt is called personal governance – we used to be taught to learn to control ourselves and were expected by our parents to practice that. We were also taught to treat others the way we wanted to be treated and were taught to respect others and the rights of others – now everything is me, me, me and to heck with you if it interferes with me and what I want
Report Post »epeel2
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:51pmNo, we need to force him to buy crossbows, knives, ice picks and battle axes so he can’t kill as many!/sarc
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:53pm@ghost – I don’t know. I think my bath salts were kickin in. I was thinking about lawlessness in general. Then, open borders, Eric Holder, Napolitano, sanctuary cities, voter fraud, etc. A lot of laws already – selectively enforced. It’s a stretch to make the connection, I know. Back to the salts.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:15pmWell the way I see it, if someone in there had access to a gun that murdering psychopath would not have been able to take out so many, if any. He should have been killed on the spot. Movie theatres should never have entertainment, just movies since many probably thought, at first it was part of the show. Just know only movies should be shown that way, if something is awry, people will be cued in much quicker.
Report Post »code green
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:52pmExactly.
Report Post »bobbyjoe
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:15pm“..he firmly believes that religious leaders should be more engaged in protecting “the sanctity of life.”
If more were allowed to carry, with out so many rules.restricting, then this would be a safer world for all and this event could have been stopped sooner. You will never be able to stop violence by disarming the public.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:14pmFrightening how many “men of the cloth” in this country are so inherently evil. It might be one of the greatest tragedies this country has ever known. Deceit in so many guises.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:52pmYes. Either evil themselves are are to out of touch to know the difference between good and evil and to see the bigger picture. He is an example of pure incompetence and ignorance in a priest.
Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
1Pe 2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:14pmThis Priest is an idiot who should either learn the word of God and or stay out of politics and social issues. Always crys to disarm people rather than arm them with the truth and the word of God so that they can arm themselves responsibly to defend both soul and body against evil which he doesn’t seem to understand. The evil will always get and have guns an enslave and exploit those who do not. Carholics just used the government that they controlled to administer their evil by force whenever they wanted or needed to control others who rejected their falsehoods.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:45pmAgreed. Being a priest he should, foremost, be able to determine good from evil. He fails this miserably.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:13pmHow sad. A priest that doesn’t understand god given free will.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:23pmNice! :0)
Report Post »Nepenthe
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:33pmHe understands the teachings of Christ.
Report Post »bartleby2012
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:49pm@Nepenthe
Marin Luther didn’t think so. ;->
Report Post »antitheist
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:06pmThere is no free will with a totalitarian sky daddy, only bondage.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:42pmI’d say he has some issues interpreting scripture and understanding history. I hope his parishioners have more wisdom than he exhibits.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:13pm“….if the shooter did not have such easy access to firearms and ammunition.”
If my aunt had ******, she’d be my uncle.
Report Post »WILL_OF_LANDREW
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:11pmHe should be calling for a BAN on Violence in Movies! Why is Hollywood a sacred cow even with this idiot?
Report Post »Sharon Rose
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:10pmmy view also
Report Post »Sharon Rose
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:14pmI think this is a very “progressive” man of the cloth. Not all priests feel this way, nor are all priests molesters like some here think.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:11pmWhen they make the gun grab it’s Katy by the door folks,won’t be long I suspect, especially with the tyrannical pigs in government we have today.Remember the thousands of new laws and regulations these so called Americans dream up is to ‘protect’ us.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:22pmIf their goal was to protect us, they wouldn’t have elected a foreign muslim for president.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:20pmAnnie, get your gun(s) comes to mind.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:10pmStealing peoples freedom is a religious issue to Mr. so called Priest. Jesus said the only way to the Father is through him not you! Shut the pie hole.
Report Post »yanki161
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:08pmBut, Father Moron, guns DO protect the sanctity of life.
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:43pmAgreed!
Report Post »My biggest fear is being caught lying helplessly waiting to be executed without my concealed carry. God gave me the right to protect myself and my loved ones and no man made law will prevent that!
HKS
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:08pmThat drug ban worked so well you say. Liberal schools are the problem. UB wrong. http://www.seraphicpress.com/western-education-breeding-ground-for-mass-murderers/
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:07pmForget gun control ,I want to know how to keep this guy from my kids.
Report Post »Simple-James
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:12pmSeriously, this guy has child molester written all over him.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 2:43pmYup.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:06pmComrades I am convinced! Yes I am totally convinced that we are surrounded by brain dead communist zombies! What else can they be? Nobody this stupid can have a brain, God just wouldn’t allow that!
Report Post »bdandsl
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:06pmThe gun isn’t responsible, it’s the idiot behind the gun. Using this reasoning would be the same as saying that a fork causes obesity.
Report Post »hi
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:06pmActually this a call
Report Post »For more people
To pack heat in case their is another occupier who opens fire.
hi
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:27pmOops iPhone auto-correct mess up
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 3:03pmlol I’m 80% of the time on my iphone when I come here. Isn’t it a pain to type what you want to say on it?
Report Post »TimM
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:04pmThis priest needs to read Charl van Wyk’s book Shooting Back.
Report Post »CryptoCop
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:04pmHis opinion is inconsistent with the natural rights give to us by God, the right to self-defense being chief among them. The rights also recognized by the Bill of Rights also stand in stark contrast to his ill-informed opinion. Next.
Report Post »Common Sense 24
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:02pmCold Dead Hands.
Report Post »GoodCook
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:12pmAgreed
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:17pmAgree too, for Americans will not be anyones sitting ducks. Those who want to disarm decent Americans are making them sitting ducks for criminals and those who are wanting to overthrow this country.
Report Post »Coded-Dude
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:35pmAmen!
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