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Catechism of the Catholic Church: The Fifth Commandment
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The Catechism on the Right of Self-Defense

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by on Jan 19, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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One of two articles for Gun Appreciation Day. Violence may be justified in the service of self-defense, even to the point of killing an unjust aggressor: this has been settled Catholic teaching for hundreds of years. The most recent restatement of the Church’s teaching on self-defense is in the second edition of the Catechism of […]

Supreme Court Decision, DC vs. Heller
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The Supreme Court on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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by on Jan 19, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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One of two articles for Gun Appreciation Day. The federal constitution prohibits the federal government from depriving individual citizens of their right to possess and use firearms for lawful purposes, including self-defense. This right is not, however, unlimited: it may be withdrawn, for instance, from felons and the mentally ill, and it may be restricted […]