If you believe Romans 8:28 then nothing that is not ordained by God cannot happen to you that you deem is unjust or not in God’s plan. That’s what you don’t understand. You prefer your gun over the reality of Romans 8:28 and Psalms 91:10-12.
In other words: You need a gun because you don’t truly believe all things work together for good to those who love God according to Romans 8:28 because you think evil situations that are unjust will befall you outside of God’s greater plan for good for you life (or whereby ALL things work together for good for your life).
In other words: You need a gun because you don’t think God’s angels can truly protect you from unjust or senseless evil situations according to Psalms 91:10-12.
So I see that you trust your gun more than you do these Scripture verses.
But I would rather trust God and His Word and even die than trust in a gun; Especially when the Lord Jesus and His followers clearly taught Non-Violence.
Death is no accident. God is the giver and taker of life (Job 1:21).
Anything that happens in a believer’s life is no accident.
God is in control if they truly love God.
All things work together for good to those who love God.
Are you loving God? Then any silly scenario you come up with is not possible unless it was a part of God’s greater plan for good for your life.
But you want to control the situation. But you can’t. You could die by a bad driver. Your time is up when it is up (unless God grants you a longer life by prayer as he did with Hezekiah).
Would you rather die slowly in a nursing home?
Or would you rather potentially die more quickly by preaching the gospel in a hostile territory? Granted, I would prefer to be raptured, but if I had a choice. I would rather die more quickly than die slowly in a nursing home.
Besides, it really does not matter what you believe here. It’s about what the Bible says. You will be hard pressed to find any solid verse or passage that is 100% clear proof that a Christian can defend themselves using Violence in the pages of the New Testament. For such a verse or passage does not exist. But what you will find in the New Testament from Jesus and His followers is a constant teaching on Non-Violence. But the problem is that when you run into these verses you either need to explain them away or you need to ignore them.
But go ahead and trust in your gun if that makes you feel better.
I know the Lord GOD Almighty (the maker of the Heavens and the Earth) can protect me from any harm. For God can make a bee to fly down a person’s throat and choke him, or He could simply stop their heart. With God, nothing is impossible.