You can have one for hunting... I dont know about self defense though... but really, who uses a handgun for hunting??
see, i dont even think that is correct. Because handguns have been specifically manufacted to harm other humans. that is the intended purpose.
But people do carry them when hunting, i've heard...like, i guess if the animal doesnt die from the initial shot.
Handguns are legal in some states to hunt. Not in NJ though.
I real man just walks up to the animal and stabs it! haha
but isn't hunting just for the sake of killing or sport unscriptural? the reason i ask is because in a state like nj, getting a hunting license, buying a gun, and all the other stuff you have to do in order to actually go hunting, on top of all the things you have to do after you kill an animal is really expensive. making hunting in nj your primary source of getting food is unrealistic, b/c the cost of hunting exceeds that of just going to the store and buying meat by so much, that it becomes in reality just a form of entertainment, or sport. so if you look at it in that perspective, any hunting in nj is not scriptural. right? does that make any sense?
It's fine as long as you eat what you kill.
That's right. An elder in my old congregation goes hunting every year with brothers from upstate NY. When he comes back he cuts up the steaks for himself and makes ground meat like for venison burgers, whatever's extra he gives out to friends.
that's what i understand as well
well what if you kill a human
then you gotta eat up! lol ewwww
hahahaha
I'll give you my take since I am a hunter. I hunt deer. I will usually let Does go by because I am after Bucks. There's a certain thrill to a hunt, but I was always taught to respect the animal I kill. That animal is eaten. In fact I like venison a lot. Mostly, I just enjoy being out in the woods. I don't have to kill anything to enjoy myself.