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The Catholic News Service, the USCCB, and the Vatican (if they really do support small arms control), can go pound sand.

The primary unit of any society is the family. As a parent, I have the duty to defend this primary unit of society, as well as the God-given authority to do so, using deadly force if necessary:

Legitimate defense
2263 The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. "The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one's own life; and the killing of the aggressor.... The one is intended, the other is not."[65]
2264 Love toward oneself remains a fundamental principle of morality. Therefore it is legitimate to insist on respect for one's own right to life. Someone who defends his life is not guilty of murder even if he is forced to deal his aggressor a lethal blow:
If a man in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repels force with moderation, his defense will be lawful.... Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one's own life than of another's.[65]
2265 Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another's life. Preserving the common good requires rendering the unjust aggressor unable to inflict harm. To this end, those holding legitimate authority have the right to repel by armed force aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their charge.[66]

I agree. Where I live, there was a home invasion & the cops took 27 minutes to respond to the 911 call. God blessed me with a little girl. You can bet your butt I’d shoot before I’d ever think of letting an intruder harm her. The way I see it, God entrusted her care to me & I take that seriously. While I cannot stand the thought of harming another human being, I’m realistic enough to know that that same courtesy may not be extended to me.

I have a right to self-defense.