Hinduism and Self-Defense

By Gregory Smith

SellingTheSecondAmendment.com

The following is not my opinion, but a submission from someone I know.

Hinduism and self-defense? Hindus and guns! That’s a thought, but it’s really very rare to find anyone of Indian origin at the firing range. I know non-violence is a big thing in India, and the great Mahatma Gandhi used non-violence or “ahimsa” as the weapon of his choice to free his country from the Brit, but really, I find most of the Hindus I meet to be too pacifist for their own good.

Don’t get me wrong – I’ve a lot of Hindu friends and get along very well with. But they really start getting uncomfortable the moment I start talking about guns. I found out a bit later that nobody has any guns in India, certainly not the public.

The Indian Army has more-than-decent decent assault rifles, sniper rifles and submachine guns such as the SAF Carbine 2A1, Micro-Uzi, Heckler & Koch MP5, IMI Tavor TAR-21, M4A1 Carbine, Heckler & Koch PSG1 and Mauser SP66, but the Indian police are generally armed with rifles that date back to WW2!

The public – no, none of them have any guns. It’s next to impossible to get a gun license in India. …Read the Rest

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