Gun carrying bailbondsmen--gun carrying active jw?

by blondie 1 Replies latest jw friends

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  blondie

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  Suspect in WSP shooting from Kennewick Posted: Feb 16, 2010 08:44 PM CST Updated: Feb 16, 2010 08:45 PM CST KENNEWICK, Wash.-- We're learning more and more about the Kennewick man arrested for shooting a Washington State trooper. 45-year-old Martin Jones is accused of trying to kill a trooper in Long Beach over the weekend. Jones grew up in Kennewick and attended Kennewick High school in the early 1980s. His family didn't want to go on camera, but they said Jones was a bail bondsman in the Tri-Cities for many years and was still active with local Jehovah's Witnesses. They said he left a few years ago to Couer d'Alene, Idaho, and then to work as a crane operator in Portland. State troopers are still trying to piece together why he may have tried to kill Trooper Scott Johnson during a traffic stop on Saturday. Yesterday Jones was arrested on assault and attempted murder charges. His family says they last saw him a week ago and said he was very good and have no idea why he might have been involved.
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  garyneal

  You know, I was actually thinking about how witnesses who are cops are discouraged from carrying guns this evening.

  All I can say is, "So if I were to work for the police department, and carry a gun, I can be barred from the spiritual paradise of today and the earthly paradise of tomorrow? Doesn't this just seem a little bit on the side of stupid?"

  I mean, if everyone is to become a JW and EVERYONE followed the Bible teachings perfectly, then I can see how the need for guns would be no more. But wait a minute, doesn't the Bible already teach that we would all be perfect after the return of Christ? When perfection comes? Meanwhile, we have to deal with the imperfect world of today.