"Maybe they advocate for gun rights because of the American Constitution? Food for thought: not everything a Christian does is because of their religion." I said "Given the number of CCRW in the U.S. who advocate for gun rights, I actually have no idea why." Thus, given how many CCRW gun enthusiasts thy are, I have no idea why this passage is not cited by them. Please read closer next time.

"There is a major legal difference between recognition of mainline religious practice and what you're advocating. The American government doesn't recognize freedom of religion for suicide cults, for example." Read the hobby lobby decision. The owners of a company had a belief that a pill induced abortions which they felt were wrong on religious grounds. The pill did NOT induce abortions, but the fact they believed it did was sufficient for them to not have to provide it. The courts have thus ruled that religious beliefs on topics trump observable facts.

"If the verse, as you say, "explicitly commands them to carry a sword," then it cannot also be an general command to acquire military grade weapons. You cannot interpret the same verse in two different and contradictory ways. This is why no mainline Christian group (that I am aware of) interprets the verse the way you do." Based on the hobby lobby decision, no mainline group is required, only the claim of a sincere belief by an individual, that his omniscient god decided it was a good idea they arm themselves. "The Hobby Lobby decision is dealing with widespread Christian opinion." No, it wasn't. It dealt with the 'belief' that some christians held, that a pill did something it didn't do, and thus they shouldn't have to pay for it.