And was it not Jesus Himself who told his apostles that if they had two cloaks, to sell one and buy a sword?You're going to have to cite Biblical chapter and verse so we can all observe how close to actuality your words are and in what context this was spoken ...
And I would not be so proud of having to ask government "permission" to exercise a RIGHT granted by GOD. All that does is give them a list of who is KNOWN to own weapons when the crackdown comes. You're actually OK with this?
The ONLY TIME government has any business whatsoever knowing who has what weapon is when that government has ISSUED that weapon to someone. Otherwise, for obvious reasons, it is NEVER good for ANY level of government to have such knowledge. In the cases of ACTUAL (as opposed to potential) misuse of a weapon, government in a FREE society has the authority to apprehend and prosecute the misuser, presuming he survives an encounter with an armed citizen. That is ALL the authority government has. READ the Constitution for the United States with your mind open to what the Founders actually MEANT and not what a socialistically-inclined modern FedGov WANT it to mean.