"When you make a rifle, you have to understand that it could be used for ill deeds if it got in the right hands," explained Ben Thomas, Brand ambassador for Florida Weapons manufacturer Spike's Tactical.
His company came up with the innovative solution as the Obama administration was preparing to send weapons to arm moderate rebel groups in Syria -- weapons that could easily fall into terrorist hands in the complex, sectarian conflict.
The Spike's Tactical Crusader is a lightweight mid-length rifle etched with a Knights Templar Long Cross on one side, and Psalm 144:1 on the other: "Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle."
The safety selector that controls the Crusader's trigger has three settings: Peace, War and God Wills It.