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- A gun is NOT a self defense tool. It is a tool of aggression. When you use a gun, you are taking an aggressive stance.

It depends on the situation, but for our purposes, a gun is an active tool of self-defense.

- A self defense tool is something like body armor, armored cars, etc.

These are passive self-defense tools.

- God is the only one who should be the ultimate authority on death.

Technically, God is the ultimate authority, but we have the job of being the intermediary. There are plenty of Biblical passages condoning the slaying of an enemy.

.- It is not right to use a gun if somebody breaks into your house, because you have no idea if they have the intention of killing you.

By the time you've realized their intentions, you're probably already dead

- If somebody DOES break into your house, you should not confront them. You should call the police, try to get out of the house, run away, but don't use a gun on them.

Does this guy drive a Volkswagen Beetle with a flower in the dash?

- A person who would buy a gun for self defense has a mindset that they WILL use the gun to kill somebody, and that's not right.

A person who purchases a gun has a good grasp on reality.

- A sword is a self defense tool, as you can use a sword to stop another person with a sword. You can't use a gun to stop another gun, as a bullet isn't going to stop another bullet. (Not making this up)

And I guess you can use a vest to stop a vest and an armored car to stop and armored car. Self-defense is not about parity.

- Carrying a concealed handgun only gives criminals more guns, as you can get the gun stolen out of your car, etc.

Yep... by a criminal. So, is it a gun problem or a crime problem?

- The crime rates for Texas are incorrect, as the Houston Police Department was recently caught fudging their homicide numbers, and the homicide rate in Houston has actually been going up even before Katrina.

Where is the proof?

You'd be better off nailing Jell-O to a tree than arguing with this guy.