This document discusses the biblical, historical, and practical basis for self-defense using firearms. It argues that God commands people to protect their families, and that self-defense is natural and endorsed in both English common law tradition and the Bible. It cites examples of unarmed groups being massacred and argues that disarming law-abiding citizens leaves them vulnerable while emboldening criminals. The document advocates for the right of individuals to possess lethal weapons for self-defense and deters tyrannical governments from oppressing disarmed populations.
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QUOTE: `Remember those studies that stated that "TV violence doesn't affect children's behaviour", years ago? Guess who funded them? They are a bunch of bullcrud. What a person watches DOES influence them, and this is well known by the behaviourists in the group.´
The Illuminati seem to have a pressing need to promote Apostasy and Nihilism, because: "Atheists are easy to destroy". Ah, yes, the bliss of ignorance.
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Reporting during wartime may be the ultimate challenge for the media. But the conflict between Israel and Hamas revealed, yet again, the severe limitations of traditional journalism.
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Reporting during wartime may be the ultimate challenge for the media. But the conflict between Israel and Hamas revealed, yet again, the severe limitations of traditional journalism.
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Events post September 11 are no war on terrorism. They are a much wider Crusade against Islam and its targets are Muslims. Even a superficial analysis of events confirms this.
It simply cannot be the case that an alliance of some 40 of the most powerful nations with all their wealth, military might, intelligence and propaganda resources have mobilised against one man in a cave with a few hundred followers. Nor is such a force required to defeat a lightly armed militia force such as the Taliban.
The Muslims who killed innocent Muslims are insulting their religion They can not be true Muslims .Similarly those who killed innocent Muslims are also terrorists .Actually these two groups of people are helping each other indirectly.The anti terrorism war should be called against both of these two groups ,in other ways we should fight against those people who kills innocent people either he is Muslim or from other community.The anti terrorism activities should be operated neutrally ,it should not be biased if we want really a peaceful world.No religion supports terrorism and a few people in every religions are evils who are enough to make this world unstable.So we should not try to make popular a single community as terrorists because in this case the real terrorists are free which is not beneficiary for the world and mankind at all.Lets lead our lives naturally and peacefully
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Osama Bin Laden's Letter to America
Bin Laden’s translated letter as previously published
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
“Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory” [Quran 22:39]
“Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the plot of Satan.”[Quran 4:76]
Some American writers have published articles under the title ‘On what basis are we fighting?’ These articles have generated a number of responses, some of which adhered to the truth and were based on Islamic Law, and others which have not. Here we wanted to outline the truth - as an explanation and warning - hoping for Allah’s reward, seeking success and support from Him.
While seeking Allah’s help, we form our reply based on two questions directed at the Americans:
(Q1) Why are we fighting and opposing you? Q2)What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?
As for the first question: Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:
(1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.
a) You attacked us in Palestine:
(i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation. The creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its*price, and pay for it heavily.
(ii) It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the most fallacious, widely-circulated fabrications in history. The people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses (peace be upon him) and the inheritors of the real Torah that has not been changed. Muslims believe in all of the Prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. If the followers of Moses have been promised a right to Palestine in the Torah, then the Muslims are the most worthy nation of this.
When the Muslims conquered Palestine and drove out the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem retur
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
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Faith and Firearms - The Biblical, Historical and Practical Basis for Self-defence
1. Faith and Firearms and the Biblical, Historical and
Practical Basis for Self-defence
By Dr. Peter Hammond
2. “But if anyone
does not provide
for his own,
and especially for
those of his
household,
he has denied the
Faith and is worse
than an
unbeliever.”
1 Timothy 5:8
3. Fathers and husbands are required by Almighty God to provide for
their families. This includes not only providing food, housing,
clothing, education, medical care, love, discipleship and spiritual
guidance, but also protection.
4. Of what worth is all the other provision if one does not provide
protection as well?
5. Anyone who fails to provide for their family has denied the Faith
and is worse than an unbeliever.
6. In fact, those who refuse to
protect their young are worse
than an animal.
What animal will not fight to
protect its offspring?
18. God’s response was
not to ban rocks,
knives, clubs,
or whatever murder weapon
may have been used,
but to banish the murderer.
It is the murderer’s heart
that is the problem,
not the weapon used.
19. It is the murderer’s heart
that is the problem,
not the weapon used.
20. In Genesis 9:5-6, God instituted capital punishment for
murder. “Whoever sheds man’s blood,
by man his blood shall be shed;
for in the image of God He made man.”
21. This death penalty for murder was repeatedly restated
(Exodus 21:12-15; Leviticus 24:17-22; Numbers 35:33; Matthew
5:17-18; Acts 25:11; Romans 13:1-4; Revelation 13:10).
22. However, nowhere does the Bible advocate weapons control.
The Bible does record the control of weapons by the Amalekites
and the Philistines (Judges 5:8 and 1 Samuel 13:19-22)
23. but it condemns these restrictions on individual defence
as a pagan attempt to centralise excessive power.
24. Our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples that:
“He who has no sword,
let him sell his garment and buy one.” Luke 22:36
25.
26. The Law of God is clear.
“If the thief is found breaking in,
and he is struck so that he dies,
there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.”
Exodus 22:2
27. The Law of God establishes the basic right of self-defence.
Any person is justified in defending himself, or his family,
whenever they are attacked or their lives are endangered.
Any weapon is permissible for use in self-defence.
28. The Law of God does not say that the home owner is guilty
if he uses a sword, but innocent if he uses a club. The issue is
not one of weapons, but the right and duty of self-defence.
33. The right of citizens to use lethal force to defend themselves
is a great deterrent to hijackers, rapists and murderers.
34. Those who choose not to have firearms still benefit from those
who do. If only one in twenty people are armed, it still acts as a
restraint on potential attackers who are not certain who is armed,
and who is not.
35. The deterrent value of armed citizens against crime
cannot be overestimated.
36. “Do not be afraid of them, remember the Lord, great
and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your
sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”
Nehemiah 4:14
37. From these, and many other, passages
of Scripture (including Numbers 32:20;
Judges 5:8; 1 Samuel 13:19-22),
we can see that
a man is responsible
to be armed
and prepared
to protect his household.
38. “A righteous man who falters before the wicked
is like a murky spring and a polluted well.”
Proverbs 25:26
41. The Christians at the Elim
Mission Station in Zimbabwe
were such convinced pacifists
that, even within a few kilometres
of Marxist Mozambique during a
vicious war, they refused to be
armed.
42. They had neither fence, nor dogs to protect them.
They refused to allow the security forces to station some guards
for their protection.
When communist terrorists visited Elim, the missionaries provided
them with food and medical supplies.
43. On one fateful night, in 1978, ZANLA terrorists of Robert
Mugabe herded the nine missionaries and four children
onto one of the fields. .
44. In front of the parents, they hacked the children to
death. Then, in front of the husbands, they raped and
tortured the women to death.
45. Finally, they brutally
murdered the men.
Yet, so effectively had their
pacifist beliefs neutralised them,
that there was no attempt
at resistance.
The men stood by and watched
ruthless terrorists butcher
and abuse their loved ones.
46. In November 1987 a similar massacre took place at
New Adams farm in Zimbabwe.
47. Their sincere belief in pacifism disarmed the 16 precious
Christians and made them helpless victims to a frightful slaughter.
50. English legal tradition has
always recognised
the right
of free citizens
to possess
and carry weapons
for self-defence.
51. King Alfred the Great (871-899) laid the foundation for English
law.
52. The Ten Commandments
of Exodus 20
formed the preamble
for these laws.
While abuses,
such as disturbing
a meeting
by drawing a sword,
were prohibited
53. – the basic right
to bear arms
was entrenched.
54. The laws of King Cnut (1020-1023) declared self-defence to not
only be a right, but a duty.
Those who failed to assist a person under attack were to be
fined.
56. Magna Carta of 1215, the first written restriction on the powers of
government and the grandfather of all Bills of Rights,
guarantees the right of all free men to bear arms.
57. The English Declaration of Rights of 1689 recognised
“the right of having and using arms
for self-preservation and defence.”
58. Other free states entrenched this right to obtain, own, carry and
use weapons for self defence, including most notably the United
States of America and its Bill of Rights.
59. If these foundational principles for freedom seem extreme,
or outdated, then consider recent history:
61. On 6 April 1994, one of the most dreadful campaigns of mass
murder was unleashed upon the Tutsi people of Rwanda.
62. In just over 6 weeks more people were killed with machetes and
clubs than have died from atomic weapons in all of history.
63. The MRND Hutu government of
Rwanda instigated, organised
and launched the systematic
slaughter of the Christian Tutsi
minority after enforcing a
rigorous gun control.
64. As the population had been previously disarmed,
they were helpless to defend themselves
against the state which now had a monopoly of weapons.
65. Over 800,000 Tutsi Christians were murdered.
The confiscation of weapons made the massacres possible
- by disarming the targeted victims.
66.
67. The holocaust in Rwanda
again confirmed that
limiting the ability of
law-abiding citizens
to defend themselves
and their families
is an open invitation
to criminals
to attack the innocent.
78. A gun free sticker
would not have helped
these people,
because the greatest
threat to life is not from
firearm accidents, nor
even from criminals.
79. The greatest killer in the 20th Century was secular
governments who had disarmed their own citizens.
80. Historian Paul Johnson
observed that
“the 20th Century
state has proved
itself the
greatest killer
of all time.”
The 20th Century saw the
worst atrocities ever
committed.
81. Approximately 160 million people were killed by their
own governments, in over 40 communist states,
just in the 20th Century alone.
82. These were not foreigners killed by invading armies
during times of war,
these were citizens killed by their own governments,
in times of peace.
83. The 20th Century was the bloodiest century in all of
history. And humanism has proven to be the most
destructive religion of all time. Far more people have
been killed in the name of Atheism than by all other
religions combined.
84. “Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they have
practiced deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips; whose
mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to
shed blood; destruction and misery are in their ways; and the
way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God
before their eyes.” Romans 3:13
94. Pioneer missionary,
William Carey, whose
landmark book, An
Inquiry into the
Obligation of Christians
to Use Means for the
Conversion of the
Heathen (the book which
launched the modern
missionary movement)
listed as essential
equipment for any
missionary: “Knives,
powder and shot.”
95. Pioneer missionary and explorer David Livingstone,
who first landed in Africa in 1841, was well equipped with some of
the most advanced weapons then available,
including a six-barreled revolver and a double-barreled rifle.
96. On occasion David Livingstone was
compelled to use his weapons for
protection from wild beasts and to
persuade slave traders to set the
captives free.
97. At one point,
after his party had
been compelled
to shoot back
at slave traders,
98. Livingstone responded to criticism saying:
“I love peace as much as any mortal man. In fact, I go quite
beyond you, for I love it so much I would fight for it.”
100. Missionaries such as these faced dangers which we can hardly
imagine. We should not be too quick to judge and condemn
others for doing what the Bible commands us to do
– to take reasonable precautions for self-defence
and for the protection of our families.
101. Yes, of course, the primary weapons of missionaries
are the Bible, prayer, faith and persuasion.
102. Just as our primary spiritual food is the Word of God.
But that does not stop us planting seeds, harvesting crops,
shopping and preparing food!
103. Christians must be balanced and we need to recognise that
sin comes from the heart of man (Mark 7:21-23).
104. There is no point blaming a tool, a cold metal inanimate object,
for the evil in men’s hearts.
105.
106.
107. Pacifism is in defiance of historic Christian teaching.
108. The 39 Articles, the foundational statement of the Church of
England, states clearly in Article 37:
“It is lawful for Christian men to carry weapons.”
109. The Westminster Catechism, considered the finest expression of
Biblical teaching, states under the 6th Commandment that the
prohibition against murder requires as our duty:
110. “All careful studies and lawful
endeavors to preserve the life of
ourselves and others by resisting,
by just defence, against violence,
protecting and defending the
innocent.” (Q135).
122. If firearms caused crime, then Switzerland would be a violent,
lawless country, because every citizen has weapons of war stored
in his home.
123. Yet, despite having millions of military type rifles, and a great
many other firearms and weapons of war in private homes, overall
firearm abuse is so low as to be insignificant and Switzerland has
the lowest burglary and murder rate in the industrialised world.
124. How many mass murders take place in gun shops,
on shooting ranges, or in police stations,
where firearms abound?
125. Also, in 1945, at the end of the Second World War,
when tens of millions of soldiers returned to their homes,
127. (the South African government were selling
tens of thousands of .303 rifles for just R2 each),
128. and hundreds
of thousands
of captured
souvenir
weapons,
there was
actually a
sharp
decline of
violent crime
in the USA,
Britain, South
Africa,
Australia and
New Zealand.
135. Gun Free South Africa advocates imaginatively promote
the “dream...of a country where there are no guns.”
The suggestion that violence would magically decrease
if we could only have gun control reveals an ignorance
of both history and human nature.
136. Of course, history records that violence was prevalent
prior to the invention of firearms in the 15th Century!
Attila the Hun,
140. In fact, contrary to the impression created by GFSA,
most murders in South Africa do not involve firearms.
Knives and other sharp objects and clubs are used to murder
more South Africans than firearms do.
Should we ban all knives, sticks and rocks?
142. This was demonstrated during a TV debate that I took part in with
a judge who supported GFSA. The interview took place
downtown at the E-TV studios in Cape Town.
The judge, answering the question as to how he got involved in
supporting Gun Free South Africa, said that he had been involved
in dealing with the brutal BainsKloof murder some years ago.
143. It was a terrible, gruesome murder he said. “Although it didn’t
actually involve firearms” he noted, in fact, the terrible way in
which they were suffocated in plastic bags made him wonder
whether it wouldn’t have been more merciful had they been
murdered by firearms! Nevertheless, he realised that “something
had to be done” to outlaw firearms!
145. On another TV interview on SABC2, The Big Question,
I was debating Rev. Alan Storey of Gun Free South Africa.
When the interviewer asked me to justify my position
I quoted a number of Scripture verses mandating self defence
and family defence.
146. The interviewer turned to Alan Story and said
“Well, Peter has quoted a number of Scripture verses in support
of his position. What verses from the Bible can you quote
to support Gun Free South Africa’s position?”
147. Rev. Storey spluttered and stammered.
“Well, actually, there aren’t any” he admitted.
“But, not everything in the Bible is Biblical!”
As the studio audience exploded in laughter, he added:
“Well, what I mean is not everything in the Bible is Christian!”
148. There was even more laughter and I responded:
“What kind of theology is this?”
Sometimes one’s opponents in a debate destroy their own
arguments more effectively than you can do yourself.
149. Some people do use firearms for evil purposes,
but far more people use firearms for defensive purposes
- to prevent crimes from being committed.
151. On another occasion, I was debating two Gun Free South Africa
advocates in Cape Town in a public meeting.
Dr. Van As, of the Red Cross Children’s Hospital,
called for tougher gun laws because he was sick and tired of
treating children wounded and crippled by gun fire.
152. This was the first time that I had heard this argument, so, in trying
to understand the situation, I asked him: “How many of these
children are gang members or criminals that were shot by police,
or in self defence, by victims of their crimes?”
His answer was: “All of them!”
153. Later, upon investigation, I found out that only four patients a
month at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital were gunshot victims
and almost all of those were from illegal guns in the hands of
gangsters, numerous of the patients were actually
gang members themselves.
155. It does not seem logical to disarm licensed firearm owners when
they are not even the problem. But further research revealed that
the vast majority of casualties admitted to the Red Cross
Children’s Hospital that year were for falls (2,338 cases), motor
vehicle accidents (1,030), burns (532), assault with blunt or
sharp instruments (208), and poisoning (744).
156. Even dog bites (91) were more numerous than
firearm wounds (50) for that year.
158. Vastly more children die each year from bicycle accidents,
car accidents and drownings than from firearms.
159. Children are far more likely to die of a car accident
than from a firearm.
Should we outlaw all motor vehicles?
160. The solution to the horrific carnage on the roads
is not to ban motor vehicles,
but to improve safety features in vehicles, to educate drivers,
promote the use of seat belts,
and severely punish drunken or reckless driving.
161. As with motor vehicles, it would not be right to erode everyone’s
rights, or to take away everyone’s freedom, because of the
criminal activities and carelessness of some.
163. Everyday countless
Crimes are prevented,
hundreds of potential
victims are protected
and many
tragedies are averted,
by armed citizens.
164.
165.
166. The proposed new gun legislation is unnecessary,
unconstitutional and counter-productive.
167. It is every citizen’s right and duty to be armed
and prepared to protect the innocent
and to defend the defenceless.
168. “…Do not be afraid of them.
Remember the Lord,
great and awesome,
and fight for your brethren,
your sons, your daughters,
your wives, and your houses.”
Nehemiah 4:14
169.
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