For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
(New Testament Matthew 16:25)
...Who was he who is believed to have said "COME AND GET THEM"
This is just a pure reflection. Think about it!!! To declare war on the second amendment is suicide. Think about it!!! The second amendment is armed and dangerous and it has lots of all kinds of people attached to it including me. And more than that, it is deadly aggressive when mentally ill or on psychotropic meds. I speak by experience.
To fight the second amendment is like unarmed people or people that hate having guns making war on armed people or people who like having guns. To fight it, that is the second amendment armed is a self destructive contradiction. It is a no brainier; I do not think the unarmed ones have a chance as those who were taken from us as if by the whirlwind Sandy Hook.
Nor do I think people in their right mind would just surrender their self defense property without a good fight. I know saints would burry them rather than surrender them or to use them against their brethren. I am one of them. There is more than guns at stake here; it is the right to life, to property and to the pursuit of happiness among others. Not counting other guaranteed freedoms and liberties in the bill of rights condoned by the supreme law of the land which is the US constitution. I hate to say it but as the ancient King of Sparta, Leonidas once said to those who wanted them to surrender their weapons, bend the knee and retreat, so will the gun owners of America say to the Pharisees party of our day; yea, they will say..."COME AND GET THEM." Only a mad man would surrender their weapons. This is only my sodahead or bubbling opinion.
But reflection can turn into truth at anytime when they are supported by the living word of GOD. Here is the law and the testimony:
“Now those descendants were as numerous, nearly, as were the Nephites; and thus the Nephites were obliged to contend with their brethren, even unto bloodshed.”
(Book of Mormon Alma 43:14)
“And they were doing that which they felt was the duty which they owed to their God; for the Lord had said unto them, and also unto their fathers, that: Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies. And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed. “
(Book of Mormon Alma 43:46 - 47)
“Now the Nephites were taught to defend themselves against their enemies, even to the shedding of blood if it were necessary; yea, and they were also taught never to give an offense, yea, and never to raise the sword except it were against an enemy, except it were to preserve their lives.”
(Book of Mormon Alma 48:14)
I am a living descendant from these peoples. And there is more from where that came from: I do not know about others, but as a priest in the service of God country and family here are my rules of engagement and this is an ensample unto all people for the LORD has spoken it saying:
“And again I say unto you, if ye observe to do whatsoever I command you, I, the Lord, will turn away all wrath and indignation from you, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.
Now, I speak unto you concerning your families—if men will smite you, or your families, once, and ye bear it patiently and revile not against them, neither seek revenge, ye shall be rewarded; But if ye bear it not patiently, it shall be accounted unto you as being meted out as a just measure unto you.
And again, if your enemy shall smite you the second time, and you revile not against your enemy, and bear it patiently, your reward shall be an hundred fold. And again, if he shall smite you the third time, and ye bear it patiently, your reward shall be doubled unto you four–fold; And these three testimonies shall stand against your enemy if he repent not, and shall not be blotted out.
And now, verily I say unto you, if that enemy shall escape my vengeance, that he be not brought into judgment before me, then ye shall see to it that ye warn him in my name, that he come no more upon you, neither upon your family, even your children's children unto the third and fourth generation.
And then, if he shall come upon you or your children, or your children's children unto the third and fourth generation, I have delivered thine enemy into thine hands; And then if thou wilt spare him, thou shalt be rewarded for thy righteousness; and also thy children and thy children's children unto the third and fourth generation. Nevertheless, thine enemy is in thine hands; and if thou rewardest him according to his works thou art justified; if he has sought thy life, and thy life is endangered by him, thine enemy is in thine hands and thou art justified.
Behold, this is the law I gave unto my servant Nephi, and thy fathers, Joseph, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham, and all mine ancient prophets and apostles. And again, this is the law that I gave unto mine ancients, that they should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue, or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.
And if any nation, tongue, or people should proclaim war against them, they should first lift a standard of peace unto that people, nation, or tongue; And if that people did not accept the offering of peace, neither the second nor the third time, they should bring these testimonies before the Lord; Then I, the Lord, would give unto them a commandment, and justify them in going out to battle against that nation, tongue, or people. And I, the Lord, would fight their battles, and their children's battles, and their children's children's, until they had avenged themselves on all their enemies, to the third and fourth generation.
Behold, this is an ensample unto all people, saith the Lord your God, for justification before me.
And again, verily I say unto you, if after thine enemy has come upon thee the first time, he repent and come unto thee praying thy forgiveness, thou shalt forgive him, and shalt hold it no more as a testimony against thine enemy— And so on unto the second and third time; and as oft as thine enemy repenteth of the trespass wherewith he has trespassed against thee, thou shalt forgive him, until seventy times seven.
And if he trespass against thee and repent not the first time, nevertheless thou shalt forgive him. And if he trespass against thee the second time, and repent not, nevertheless thou shalt forgive him. And if he trespass against thee the third time, and repent not, thou shalt also forgive him. But if he trespass against thee the fourth time thou shalt not forgive him, but shalt bring these testimonies before the Lord; and they shall not be blotted out until he repent and reward thee four–fold in all things wherewith he has trespassed against thee. And if he do this, thou shalt forgive him with all thine heart; and if he do not this, I, the Lord, will avenge thee of thine enemy an hundred–fold; And upon his children, and upon his children's children of all them that hate me, unto the third and fourth generation.
But if the children shall repent, or the children's children, and turn to the Lord their God, with all their hearts and with all their might, mind, and strength, and restore four–fold for all their trespasses wherewith they have trespassed, or wherewith their fathers have trespassed, or their fathers' fathers, then thine indignation shall be turned away; And vengeance shall no more come upon them, saith the Lord thy God, and their trespasses shall never be brought any more as a testimony before the Lord against them. Amen.”
(Doctrine and CovenantsSection 98:22 - 48)
What shall we then say concerning these things, if the Lord be for us who love life, truth and liberty, who can be or contend against us? The Lion has roared who will not fear, the LORD has spoken who can but prophesy?
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
(New Testament Romans 8:31)
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
(New Testament Matthew 16:25)
This is my standard od liberty:
In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—
and he fastened it upon the end of a pole. And he fastened on his head–plate, and his breastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he called it the title of liberty) and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land— For thus were all the true believers of Christ, who belonged to the church of God, called by those who did not belong to the church.
(Book of Mormon Alma 46:12 - 14)
These things I solemnly affirm and firmly attest as one having authority in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen
This is but an unworthy servant in the hands of Christ that recedes while he is exalted and exceeds.
Miguel Ángel Tinoco ROD TREE JESSE