Need Not A Gun Poem by Randy McClave

I don't have or own a gun
Because, I don't need or want one,
I'm not a soldier or in a war
And you screaming that I need one, I will ignore.
I don't need one to kill my food to eat
There's a grocery store just down the street,
I look not for violence I pray to God for peace
And I don't need a gun, because we have the police.
This isn't the old wild Wild West
And Im not going on a cattle drive or a quest,
Outside my window there is no savages preparing to attack
And I won't find an arrow in my back.
I don't need to prove to anyone that I'm a man
That of course would not be my plan,
I'm not a bully and especially not a coward
By the NRA's beliefs I have not been devoured.
I'm not afraid of any stranger
Around them I feel no fear or danger,
I need no gun constantly at my side
And I definitely don't need one for my pride.
Jesus our Lord and creator had once said
From within the Bible I have constantly read,
And it also pertains to guns which all will admit
Those who live by the sword will die by it.

Randy L. McClave