Mike argues that killing in self-defense is clearly permitted by Scripture, citing Old Testament law which imposed no penalty for legitimate self-defense, and Jesus’ instruction to the disciples to carry swords the night of his betrayal.

Mike grounds the permissibility of self-defense in Old Testament law (no penalty for legitimate self-defense). He cites Jesus instructing disciples to take swords before the night of his betrayal (Luke 22), noting they had two swords and Jesus said that was enough. When Peter used his sword in the garden, Jesus stopped him only because the situation was the arrest that would lead to the atonement, not because swords for self-defense were wrong. Mike adds that a husband or father has a moral obligation to protect family.