number one I would never put myself in any position to be harmed or to harm another human being.
In self-defense, I would license and train myself in hand to hand combat
There are many ways to defend yourself, hopefully, never use a handgun
The Bible is God's way of how a man conducts his or her life, and the consequence of life
I find your statement that you would ānever put myself in any position to be harmed or to harm another humanā as very interesting. Do you hide inside a fort? You also say you would ālicense and train yourself In hand to hand combat.ā My advise is to find a good instructor and attend his classes. You will learn far more.
You often can avoid bad situations by using commonsense and practicing āsituational awarenessā which mainly means being aware of your surroundings instead of talking on your cell phone.
The best way to survive a fight is to not get into one. If the hairs on the back of your neck stand up it might be a good idea to leave wherever you are at.
However you can do everything right and still be a victim.
I took a jujitsu course many years ago. It was primarily a self defense course that included techniques from jujitsu, karate, aikido and judo.
We spent much of our class time learnig techniques for disarming an attacker.
It is possible to disarm an inexperienced attacker armed with a knife without much problem but you will likely get cut. It is far more difficult to disarm an experienced knife fighter.
Disarming a person who is holding a firearm and is foolish enough to stand within arms reach is, in my opinion, easier than disarming a knife fighter. The problem is how to disarm a person holding a firearm beyond armās reach, say at ten feet from you. The instructor taught us to do a judo rollout to get within armās reach and then use the close range techniques we had learned. He said we had about a 50/50 chance of success.
The instructor was a seventh degree black belt in judo (red and white belt) but told us he would consider a man armed with a .45 auto as an 8th degree black belt. He advised us to only use the techniques he taught when we were certain an attacker intended to kill or seriously injure us. If, for example, all he wanted was our wallet the instructorās advice was to just give it to him. It is easier to replace your wallet, credit cards and driverās license than your life. He also recommended carrying a throw away wallet with out dated credit cards and a little cash.
I lived in a rough neighborhood in Tampa that had went downhill over the years. Several times I witnessed cops with drawn firearms chasing a person within walking distance of my home. Two store clerks were shot dead near my home. There was a drive by shooting two houses from down from my home. The young man who lived there ran a gang and eventually was arrested for shooting his girl friend in the head. There were witnesses but they refused to testify as they feared this kid. He served time for manslaughter rather than murder.
A couple years after āshall issueā concealed carry passed in Florida I decided to get a concealed weapons permit and carry a snub nosed revolver on a regular basis. When I retired I moved to a more rural area of Florida but I still carry out of habit.
In my opinion the Bible is not opposed to killing in self defense or while in the military in combat.
After all Jesus was not totally opposed to carrying a sword, the handgun of his day.
āThen Jesus said, āWhen I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?ā āNothing,ā they answered. He said to them, āBut now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you donāt have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.āā The disciples then produce two swords, which prompts Jesus to respond, āThatās enough!ā (NIV Luke 22:35-38)
In passing I still remember much of what I learned in the self defense course I took but now am 75 and not in fighting shape. At my age many people are injured by falling. I learned how to fall when talking the jujitsu course as it incorporated many judo throws. In the last couple years I have fallen several times and the training on how to fall kicked in and I was not injured.
