Gun Activists Seek Patron Saint of Handgunners

[Kevlar]

http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/02/27...n-activists-seek-patron-saint-of-handgunners/

(ChattahBox)—Catholic handgun owners and Second Amendment activists want their own personal patron saint of handgun slinging. And with the celebration this weekend of the Feast of St. Gabriel Possenti, they are renewing their call to the Vatican to officially declare St. Possenti as the Patron of Handgunners. Apparently in 1860, while a young monk, Possenti held off a band of marauders with two handguns. And John M. Snyder, a gun lobbyist and founder of the St. Gabriel Possenti Society, has been on a mission for over 20-years to draw attention to Possenti’s gunslinging to further his claims that Jesus would have approved of carrying handguns for self defense.

In a press release put out by Christian Newswire, Snyder renewed his call to declare St. Possenti the Patron of hangunners:

“The special day is most significant this year since it now is 150 years since 1860,” added Snyder. “That was the year St. Gabriel Possenti used handguns to rescue residents of Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy from a gang of marauders. By his action, our patron demonstrated that handguns may be used by good people to protect the innocent from violent criminal perpetrators. This is an important lesson to ponder today as people in the United States and throughout the world face perennial threats of murderous violence from terrorists.”

Snyder has previously denounced Catholic pacifism, as against the teachings of the Bible. “A lot of the Catholic bishops in the United States are out of line on this issue,” Snyder said. “They are pacifists up the wazoo. They don’t really understand their own faith. They don’t understand the religion of which they are officials.”

According to Snyder, Jesus suggested during the Last Supper that it’s OK for people of faith to carry handguns when he said: “The one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.”

Snyder has also written a book entitled “Gun Saint” that details Possenti’s brave handgun usage while wearing his monk robes.

Snyder claims that handgun owners are getting a bum deal. Gun enthusiasts have already claimed Saints for other aspects of the gun culture, including St. Elmo; the ammo saint and St. Barbara; the saint of artillery gunners.

So far, the Vatican has declined to appoint St. Possenti as the official Patron of Handgunners, but Snyder remains hopeful. “I’m going to keep plugging,” he said. “There should be a patron of handgunners and I think it ought to be St. Gabriel Possenti.”

 

[Scrivener]

Nothing stops handgunners from adopting St. Possenti as their patron, regardless of Rome's position on the subject.

 

[seanc]

I gave to this one a while back. Pretty cool organization.

 

[jenlynn724]

Once again the catholics think they have the last word..

 

[Pilgrim]

I nominate Moses.

J Moses Browning.

 

[CRSIII]

I nominate Moses.

J Moses Browning.

Ding!

 

[P-14]

Once again the catholics think they have the last word..

We don't?

 

[ChevyGuy91]

I think this is kind of cool.

 

[atilla]

if we for some strange reason we can't have mr. browning there's always harry callahan. who cares if he's not "real".

 

[terraformer]

We don't?

 

[Erebus]

Once again the catholics think they have the last word..

A lot of people mistakenly think that Christian = Catholic. Myself and MANY other Christians don't care what the Pope/Vatican thinks.

 

[Jaxon]

There's already the Order of St. Barbara... so the precedence is there.

 

[lupis42]

if we for some strange reason we can't have mr. browning there's always harry callahan. who cares if he's not "real".

He's as real as St. George

 

[ochmude]

There's already the Order of St. Barbara... so the precedence is there.

Ah yes, patron saint of artillery. St. Barb's day was a very big deal in my unit. We all got the day off even.

 

[Scrivener]

Ah yes, patron saint of artillery. St. Barb's day was a very big deal in my unit. We all got the day off even.

Probably one of Napoleon's chosen saints. Remember his observation about God favoring the side with the most artillery.

 

[ochmude]

Probably one of Napoleon's chosen saints. Remember his observation about God favoring the side with the most artillery.

Of course. That quote was in my sig line for awhile.

 

[Knob Creek]

The Gospel according to St. John (Browning)

As translated from the original ancient manuscripts by Fr. Frog.
© copyright 2002 by John C. Schaefer

1 In the beginning was the 1911, and the 1911 was THE pistol, and it was good. And behold the Lord said, "Thou shalt not muck with my disciple John's design for it is good and it workith. For John made the 1911, and lo all of his weapons, from the designs which I, the Lord, gave him upon the mountain."

2 "And shouldst thou muck with it, and hang all manner of foul implements upon it, and profane its internal parts, thou shalt surely have malfunctions, and in the midst of battle thou shalt surely come to harm."

3 And as the ages passed men in their ignorance and arrogance didst forget the word of the Lord and began to profane the 1911. The tribe of the gamesman did place recoil spring guides and extended slide releases upon the 1911 and their metal smiths didst tighten the tolerances and alter parts to their liking, their clearness of mind being clouded by lust.

4 Their artisans did hang all manner of foul implements upon the 1911 and did so alter it that it became impractical to purchase. For lo, the artisans didst charge a great tax upon the purchasers of the 1911 so that the lowly field worker could not afford one. And the profaning of the internal parts didst render it unworkable when the dust of the land fell upon it.

5 And lo, they didst install adjustable sights, which are an abomination unto the Lord. For they doth break and lose their zero when thou dost need true aim. And those who have done so will be slain in great numbers by their enemies in the great battle. a

6 And it came to pass that the Lord didst see the abomination wrought by man and didst cause, as he had warned, fearful malfunctions to come upon the abominations and upon the artisans who thought they could do no wrong.

7 Seeing the malfunctions and the confusion of men, the lord of the underworld did see an opportunity to further ensnare man and didst bring forth pistols made of plastic, whose form was such that they looked and felt like a brick, yet the eyes of man being clouded, they were consumed by the plastic pistol and did buy vast quantities of them.

8 And being a deceitful spirit the lord of the underworld did make these plastic pistols unamenable to the artisans of earth and they were unable to muck much with the design, and lo these pistols did appear to function.

9 And the evil one also brought forth pistols in which the trigger didst both cock and fire them and which require a "dingus" to make them appear safe.

10 But man being stupid did not understand these new pistols and didst proceed to shoot themselves with the plastic pistol and with the trigger cocking pistols for lo their manual of arms required great intelligence which man had long since forsaken. Yet man continue to gloat over these new pistols blaming evil forces for the negligent discharges which they themselves had committed.

11 And when man had been totally ensnared with the plastic pistol, the lord of the underworld didst cause a plague of the terrible Ka-Boom to descend upon man and the plastic pistols delivered their retribution upon men. And there was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the land.

12 Then seeing that the eyes of man were slowly being opened and that man was truly sorrowful for his sinful misdeeds, the Lord did send his messengers in the form of artisans who did hear and obey the teachings of the prophet and who didst restore the profaned 1911s to their proper configuration, and lo, to the amazement of men they didst begin to work as the prophet had intended.

13 And the men of the land didst drive out the charlatans and profaners from the land, and there was joy and peace in the land, except for the evil sprits which tried occasionally to prey on the men and women of the land and who were sent to the place of eternal damnation b by the followers of John.

a Several old manuscripts add the following text. "And they [also rendered as "these men"] didst chamber it for cartridges who's calibers startith with numbers less than the Holy Number 4. And lo the Lord did cause great grief amongst these men when their enemies who were struck in battle with these lesser numbers didst not fall but did continue to cause great harm."

b or Hell

© copyright 2002 by John C. Schaefer

 

[Zappa]

I thought we already had a Patron Saint of Handgunners. ?

His name is Elmer Keith.

 

[Knob Creek]

Here is the list:

http://saints.sqpn.com/patron-saints-of-military-topics/