Argument No. 2,332,412,017 for the 2nd Amendment

From the Gulf:

Illegal Alien Accused of Stabbing Couple with Pitchfork

A Jefferson County Grand Jury Thursday handed down an indictment for a man police say stabbed two people with a pitchfork inside a Port Neches home.

17-year-old Ivan Barraza-Alonzo was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Investigators tell Hometown News he busted into a home in the 700 block of Avenue C in Port Neches back in February and stabbed the homeowners with a pitchfork. The husband and wife were able to fight Barraza-Alonzo off.

Fortunately the two victims will survive, but how much better for them had the intruder been forced to ply his pitchfork against Mr. Smith and Ms. Wesson?

Some might say that this isn't a very Christian attitude, and perhaps they are correct. We choose to believe that, while martyrdom for the Kingdom is a very fine thing, getting whacked for your spare change and keys to the Merc is spiritually unedifying and, in any case, not martyrdom. Sad and preventable is more like it.