text: If you are aware of your own mortality and dependence on other people that is a good thing.  We all have our crutches-guns, social standing, economic security-that we use to pretend we are not totally dependent on God.
  Your Bible references above, perhaps support a limited principle of self defense, but I don't see how they deny the right of a democracy to regulate sale of firearms, and you are lifting a few verses out of context to support a predetermined conclusion.
  Jesus' task contradicted defending himself against the Roman government, do you think that you may be asked to also walk in that example?  Jesus said we all must take up our cross to follow him.  One cross we all must bear is that we live in a dangerous, unpredictable world.  I believe my Christian calling is to be less focused on preserving my own interests or protecting myself-who said the Christian life was about safety?  God asks us to identify with the powerless and helpless, to risk ourselves for the sake of others.