[Buggman]

". . . the right to bear arms against a tyrannical dictatorship is a different question as to whether Christians need to own guns now in a stable democratic environment."

Uh, riiiiiiight. Has this guy even glanced at the news?

[MrB]

If this guy wants to be a martyr, go for it.
But the reality of “now” is that we’re on an express train to Nero’s persecution here in America.

[NorthMountain]

a stable democratic environment.

No such thing exists.

As Christians, we know that no such thing CAN exist.

Whether we call it "sin nature", or "total depravity" or "original sin" or something else, it all points to the damage and corruption of human nature. We're all sinners; we can't be trusted with power. Any government we construct has the distinct possibility of becoming tyranny, and we must always be on guard against it. The anti-Federalists in particular knew this, and demanded a Bill of Rights. What we now call the Second Amendment was always an important part of that Bill of Rights.