Armament of the Swiss Guard

[Perd Hapley]

I thought this was interesting.

https://www.guns.com/news/2017/04/16/guns-swiss-guard

I don't know if it's appeared here before.

[Pb]

Get rid of all your machine guns first, Francis. 

[brimic]

Yeah, the pope is pretty much a hypocrite when it comes to firearms, walls, and sovereign states....

[WLJ]

Get rid of all your machine guns first, Francis.  

Ban sticks and stones! It's for the children!

[brimic]

Ban sticks and stones! It's for the children!

I read it as "ban all weapons that allow serfs to effectively resist their government or church."
That the Vatican has been consistent on for centuries.

[Perd Hapley]

I found this article, because someone brought it up in relation to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and their stance on gun control.

[T.O.M.]

On the OP, I would love to have about a week of unrestricted access to the Vatican.  The history that place holds in the library.  The art.  The weapons covering centuries of tech.  But, alas, I'm not even Catholic, so no chance.

[Angel Eyes]

Get rid of all your machine guns first, Francis. 

Yeah, he needs to lighten up.

[makattak]

I could not believe that a religious leader, especially a Catholic one, could be so absolutely foolish as to have posted something that looks like it came from John Lennon.




And, I click to his twitter account and, lo and behold, the Pope is a simpleton.

[Jamisjockey]

Ban all weapons>some people or nations say no>use weapons to take their weapons.
Were I a Catholic, I'd seriously think about changing religions.  Your supreme leader is a dolt.

[K Frame]

Ban all weapons, except those that protect me.

[Perd Hapley]

I could not believe that a religious leader, especially a Catholic one, could be so absolutely foolish as to have posted something that looks like it came from John Lennon.

And, I click to his twitter account and, lo and behold, the Pope is a simpleton.

Yeah, I guess he's better ex cathedra, but a lot of his off-the-cuff statements sound more Congresschick of the Bronx than Bishop of Rome.

[Jamisjockey]

Yeah, I guess he's better ex cathedra, but a lot of his off-the-cuff statements sound more Congresschick of the Bronx than Bishop of Rome.

Because he’s a Latin-Marxist