Return Fire : The Morals of Self-Defense

While proponents of gun control often couch their objection to firearms ownership and self-defense in pious notions of morality, David Kopel goes to the source of our religious beliefs and reveals that, without exception, Judaism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam all support the right of self-defense. What's more, these religions praise it. Using both familiar and often overlooked examples from the Old and New Testaments as well as the Koran and numerous other religious texts, Kopel shows how these ancient scriptures apply to modern-day issues of gun rights and how the laws and codes of the world's religions establish very specific moralities on the restrictions and liberties of both personal and national defense.Kopel, David B. is the author of 'Return Fire : The Morals of Self-Defense', published 2004 under ISBN 9780785262220 and ISBN 0785262229.