USCCA is correct that gun control does not apply to criminals. They are not law abiding citizens. It's not nonsense. We are to love our neighbor as ourself, yet what if our neighbor sets out to rob, rape or kill a family member? We are to sit back, watch it happen and do nothing? There is quite a difference between slapping someone across the face and turning the other cheek and someone threatening your life or the life of your wife or children with a deadly weapon. Self-defense is a biblical option in such cases.
Even in the OT in Exodus 22:2, we read - "If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed."
in 1 Samuel 25:13, we read - Then David said to his men, "Every man gird on his sword." So every man girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went with David, and two hundred stayed with the supplies. So, each man had a sword ready to be holstered and used when required.
And in Psalm 144:1, David wrote: "Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle..."
In Luke 11:21, we read - "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe." A fully armed strong man is a deterrent to a thief. It’s the strong man who is armed that protects against a thief from being harmed. Another strong man will think twice about ever trying to rob or harm someone who is armed. Jesus would expect us to protect ourself and our family from harm.
In Luke 22:36, we read - Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. In verse 38, we read - So they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.
A time to kill - namely, judicially, criminals; or in war, self-defense; not in malice or revenge.