Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wants bookworms to read her new e-book: “Sweet Freedom: A Devotional.” So why not a pithy quote to promote the material.

Palin found the perfect attention-grabbing ideal Thursday, writing on Facebook in all-caps:

“JESUS WOULD FIGHT FOR OUR SECOND AMENDMENT.”

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JESUS WOULD FIGHT FOR OUR SECOND AMENDMENT Taking concrete defense measures (ie. arming ourselves) away from the good... Posted by Sarah Palin on Thursday, November 19, 2015

Palin continued in the post:

Shoot, even the Lord said to take up arms and defend yourself and protect the innocent! We're expected to take responsibility to defend ourselves and to protect the innocent, certainly not relying on fallible leaders to do it for us.



Don't believe me? Look it up! Luke 22:36. I wrote about it in #sweetfreedom.

Proof, Jesus is a proponent of carrying!

The comments on the Facebook post turn into a debate about the meaning of that Bible verse (which surprisingly is not the one quoted by Samuel L. Jackson in “Pulp Fiction.”). Here’s the quote that Jesus uttered to his disciples at the Last Supper:

He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”

There are enough interpretations of Jesus’ instruction that Wikipedia even has a page dedicated to it. (For instance, after the disciples bring two swords, why does Jesus tell them “It is enough”?).

Palin’s own explanation on Luke 22:36 and 260 other meditations on Bible verses can be found in “Sweet Freedom.” The book seems to have a lot going for it as it also has an entire page dedicated to popular comedian Louis C.K.

See the gallery above for a list of gun owners by state.